tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post361407375856686338..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: The Valsalva hypothesisTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-47537577212658311292018-05-04T10:27:36.316+02:002018-05-04T10:27:36.316+02:00The Valsalva hypothesis is the only theory that ex...The Valsalva hypothesis is the only theory that explains all aspects of stuttering and that makes sense to me as a stutterer. The struggle is not followed by the valsalva maneuver but *is* the valsalva maneuver kicking in. <br />I would urge all neurologists in stuttering research to investigate this and leave the linguistics and psychobabble for what it is, because that is only a consequence and not the cause of stuttering. I wish I could convey how sure I am of this, that I actually experience it that way.Martijnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-43328573561831840322012-06-27T21:15:38.568+02:002012-06-27T21:15:38.568+02:00the valsava hypothesis is truly valuable. it made ...the valsava hypothesis is truly valuable. it made every sense in my case, an almost solely "blocker", and i highly encourage those seeking help to try it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-48457550448702540462008-09-05T21:39:00.000+02:002008-09-05T21:39:00.000+02:00(i'm from Venezuela, excuse my English)The Valsava...(i'm from Venezuela, excuse my English)<BR/>The Valsava hypothesis tries to prove that the every Stutter has in common reacting to stress by doing a Valsava manouver. But the actual contribution of this hypothesis is the idea that relaxing the muscles that are involved in a Valsava manouver: Larynx, Chest muscles, abdominal muscles, rectal muscles, makes easier speaking for stutteters.<BR/><BR/>There are a lot of exercises for relaxing this muscles but i think this relaxation can be done mostly by relaxing rectal muscles through de Jacobson progressive relaxation method, which consists in gradually tensing and relaxing a muscle, increasing the force involved, to understand de mechanism and control it.<BR/><BR/>If you want to prove that you make a Valsava manouver every time you stutter, try to focus in the tension in your anus and abdomen when you are about to block. I recommend you to try this technique, it worthy.<BR/><BR/>I'm a 21 years old stutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-68300253960715689722008-02-09T22:37:00.000+01:002008-02-09T22:37:00.000+01:00Hello,for me this theory is not wrong but it has n...Hello,<BR/>for me this theory is not wrong but it has nothing to do with stuttering . For example, when i associate a word as impossible to say, its normal that i will keep me from saying it. So i will have to fight to say it. And that struggle is what they try to explain with the valsalva hypothesis. Thats fine, but it doesn't solve anything. Because if i would not struggle to say the word, i would just not say it. The valsalva hyp. explains what happens after the block (or better the "hold off") when you decide to struggle. Stuttering is just a symptom of the struggle and has actually nothing to do with "Stuttering" i think. Its just a symptom like keeping silent if you decide not to struggle. So i think that<BR/>valsalva hyp. doesn't solve the problem of keeping me from saying something. What keeps someone from saying something is triggered in the brain/mind and before the block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-91655630737364281992008-01-23T17:45:00.000+01:002008-01-23T17:45:00.000+01:00This is much like the Maguire Programme - They get...This is much like the Maguire Programme - They get you "fluent" whilst in the safe environment however in the real world its a different story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-22806329326735985772008-01-23T03:47:00.000+01:002008-01-23T03:47:00.000+01:00The Hollins Communications Research Institute has ...The Hollins Communications Research Institute has been around a long time and made some bold claims about both their research and their therapy program. I don't know much about the research, but they sure do seem to hype it up when fund raising. All I can find on thier website is they believe stuttering is caused by "disturbed speech muscle movement patterns." Nothing new there.<BR/><BR/>As for the therapy program, it aggressively advertises a 90% plus success rate on the internet. Ads that claim "93% Gain Fluency in this intensive 12 day stuttering therapy program" or "Stop Stuttering in Just 12 Days at HCRI" pop up everywhere. They do make people very fluent inside the clinic, but this fluency is meaningless in the outside world. In my experience most "successes" go home to struggle just as they did before.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637940949560873816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-26269566988210463112008-01-23T00:52:00.000+01:002008-01-23T00:52:00.000+01:00BTW, the disability I refer to in this review (htt...BTW, the disability I refer to in this review (http://lincolnstrombone.blogspot.com/2008/01/review-of-remarkable-millard-fillmore.html) is stuttering. I believe the author's intent was to find humor in the types of therapies he imagines being done 150 years ago, but IMHO he didn't pull it off.The Duke of Coagulationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214541761608624736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-78178971874838043892008-01-22T19:06:00.000+01:002008-01-22T19:06:00.000+01:00I read your blog posting and thought you might be ...I read your blog posting and thought you might be interested in some of the research being done by Hollins Communications Research Institute ("HCRI" -- www.stuttering.org) in Roanoke, Virginia. <BR/><BR/>The scientists at HCRI have demonstrated, through research with more than 5,000 persons who stutter, that the disorder has a physical basis -- and they believe they are close to finding the cause (which may ultimately lead to a cure). This research is lead by the founder -- Dr. Ronald Webster.<BR/><BR/>HCRI’s approach is to teach individuals how to reconstruct distortions in muscle contractions that cause stuttering and replace them with new behaviors called targets, which generate fluent speech. <BR/><BR/>Also... HCRI is ready to launch a new generation of therapy that enables 24/7 access from any location in the world. The announcement of the new program should happen sometime this Spring.<BR/><BR/>julioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com