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From: Alana Klein
Date: 10/14/02
Time: 9:46:22 PM
Remote Name: 152.163.188.69
Thank you for this article. It is very interesting and insightful. I very much enjoyed reading about this "new" approach to treatment for stuttering. However, I have one basic question that stems from the very beginning of the article, and which may be the entire basis of the article. I am not quite clear as to what comes first with people who stutter, in regards to this treatment approach; as with the common question "which comes first the chicken or the egg?" According to this idea, does the person stutter and then develops the feelings which causes the stuttering to continue, or does the person develop fears of talking and those fears causes the stuttering? The article says that a PWS focuses too much on the words he/she is going to say, and the repetitions or prolongations that may come along. So, is it this fear of the repetitions and prolongations that causes the stuttering or the other way around? This is probably a basic question, but when I read this article, I was not clear about this. Thank you for your input. Alana