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From: Carrie Elam, an ECU graduate student
Date: 10/21/01
Time: 12:18:12 PM
Remote Name: 150.216.69.94
I also had a question regarding the neurological cause you spoke of in your definition of "acquired stuttering." Do you not also believe that the cause of all stuttering is neurological? I ask because I believe so. Much therapy for stutterers in the past has focused on manipulating the peri- pheral nervous sytem, yet no one has experienced long-term true fluency. However, a fluency device has recently been made available, and such fluency has been attained for most of the clients who have tried using it. This is because the device acts as a second speech signal, inhibiting stuttering at its source, the brain!