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From: Rick
Date: 20 Oct 2004
Time: 01:17:08 -0500
Remote Name: 172.154.120.198
Hi, I hope this posting is okay. I apologize if it is a bit long. Anyway, I was checking out Bill Parry's website http://www.valsalva.org/ and found it very interesting. I actually had the chance to hear Parry talk about the valsalva mechanism. I don't understand it really well, but found the hypothesis interesting. Anyway, Bill Parry said in his website: "Meanwhile, stuttering research has almost completely ignored the possible involvement of the Valsalva mechanism in stuttering behavior - which, if properly understood, could bring immediate, practical benefits to many people who stutter, for no additional cost and with no harmful side effects. While the Valsalva mechanism is well known to medical science and even trombone players, it is rare to find it mentioned anywhere in the speech pathology literature. Consequently, information about the Valsalva mechanism is not conveyed to speech therapists or to their clients." End of quote. So why have stuttering researchers around the world ignored the valsalva mechanism? Is the Valsalva hypothesis just incorrect or fundamentally shaky that it is not worth the time and effort for further scientific investigation? Can we carry out a sound scientific study to prove or disprove the valsalva hypothesis. Thanks, and I appreciate any response or opinion from any of you. Rick