Scientists Develop New Stuttering Therapy

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FYI... This information was just made public yesterday: Here's a
summary:

Scientists at Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI), a non-
profit research and clinical center specializing in stuttering, have
developed a new stuttering treatment with advanced behavioral,
electronic and computer technologies that significantly improve the
ease of learning and retaining fluent speech.

Hollins Fluency Program helps people who stutter learn how to replace
faulty muscle contractions that cause stuttering with new muscle
behaviors that generate fluent speech. By literally "reconstructing"
muscle actions that drive movements of the tongue, lip, jaw, soft
palette, and vocal folds, individuals who stutter can acquire and
sustain the ability to speak fluently.

Therapy lasts 12 days and is effective across a wide range of
stuttering types and severities. Data shows that 93% of HCRI clients
master fluent speech by the end of the 12-day intensive therapy
program. For more information, visit www.stuttering.org.

The full article and a video is at: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/hcri/34006/