Understanding and Controlling Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the Valsalva Hypothesis by William D. Parry, CCC-SLP | Perfect | Stuttering Therapy

About this book This book presents a comprehensive new explanation of stuttering blocks in a way that makes practical sense. It provides detailed exercises to stop stuttering blocks and replace them with easier, less effortful speech. If you are frustrated and puzzled about stuttering blocks, here is a book, written in clear, every-day language, that fits together the pieces of the stuttering puzzle more completely than ever before. The key to its approach is the Valsalva Hypothesis – which explains the psychological, neurological, and physiological factors that interfere with a person’s natural speaking ability. It describes how these factors interact to suppress phonation of a word’s main vowel sound and replace it with an impulse to exert force on the preceding consonant or glottal stop by means of a Valsalva maneuver. The blocks are then reinforced and perpetuated through a "Valsalva-Stuttering Cycle." This Ultimate Expanded Fourth Edition sheds new light on virtually every aspect of stuttering – its causes, its variability, its paradoxes, and its many forms of treatment. Finally, it provides detailed instructions for exercises that were developed through actual clinical experience and experimentation involving more than 200 participants in Valsalva Stuttering Therapy from all over the world. This Fourth edition is based on an enhanced Valsalva Hypothesis that is more comprehensive than in previous editions. It features new and improved exercises and strategies designed to relax the body’s Valsalva mechanism, promote vowel phonation, dissolve stuttering blocks, and improve attitudes about speaking, thereby allowing you to speak in an easier, natural-sounding way. Key highlights - Self-help exercises to stop stuttering blocks - Stopping stuttering blocks - Therapy for stuttering and stammering - Causes of stuttering and stammering Related topics Self-help for stuttering blocks, Stuttering therapy, Therapy for stuttering blocks, Stuttering self-help, Stuttering, Stuttering blocks.