Thursday, December 29, 2005

Very interesting article

There is a very interesting article by Lisa Scott on a session "Genetic and neurological correlates of stuttering" at the last American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) conference. All four of them have done good work, and let's hope they see the need and find ways for multi-disciplinary collaboration!

Here is the introduction:

In November, four of the leading scientists in stuttering presented their latest research at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention in San Diego. Participating in a session entitled, “Genetic and Neurological Correlates of Stuttering,” were Drs. Dennis Drayna, NIDCD, Christine Weber-Fox, Purdue University, Ann Foundas, Tulane University, and Gerald Maguire, University of California-Irvine. In a session coordinated by Dr. Christy Ludlow, NIDCD, four presenters focused their discussions on state-of-the-art research in the understanding of genetic and neurological factors that contribute to stuttering. Three of the four researchers, Drs. Drayna, Weber-Fox, and Foundas, have previously contributed articles on their research to past issues of this newsletter.
You will find the full article: here.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Tom.

Very interesting article. I have one question for you. Looking at the possibility that these four great scientists join their efforts, do you belive that in our life time (I am 36) there will be a truly scientific understanding of stuttering and a truly scientific therapy for curing it?

Thank you very much.
Pablo.
Spain

Tom Weidig said...

Good question.

At your advanced age of 36, you still have 42 years to live on average. But if you are a single male and live in a big city, which you might be, you need to deduct about 5 years according to statistics! But as you sound quite healthy and too responsible to engage in a single big-city life style, I will only deduct 2 years!

So I assume that you are asking mewhether you have an understanding of stuttering and a good therapy in 40 years!

My answer is: I dont know. But I will think about it and write a post. :-)

Anonymous said...

Hi Tom.

I got married last April and live in a small village of 15.000. As you can see, I am preparing for a looooong wait :-)

I will bee looking at your post answering my question.

Love your blog.
Pablo.
Spain.

Tom Weidig said...

Congratulations for your marriage!

So does getting married improved fluency= :-) If so, I'll think about it! :-)

Anonymous said...

Hi Tom.

Well, I don´t know. I am so bad evaluating my own fluency! Maybe yes... Let me wait 40 years of marriage and I will tell for sure :-) That is stuttering: a life long way race!

Pablo.
Spain.