Articles
Links to more detailed articles on this website regarding the Valsalva
Hypothesis and Valsalva Control for stuttering.
Stuttering and the Valsalva Mechanism
The Stuttering Experience.
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General information about stuttering and what it's like, from Understanding & Controlling
Stuttering, Chapter 1.
Stuttering
and the Valsalva Mechanism: Introduction, by William D. Parry.
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Why is stuttering usually worst when the words
are most important? This article shows how a natural bodily function - the
Valsalva mechanism - may turn our efforts to speak into the very blocks we
are trying so hard to avoid. This introductory article is based on Bill Parry's
presentation to the 1995 World Congress for People Who Stutter
in Linköping, Sweden.
Understanding
& Controlling Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the
Valsalva Hypothesis, by William D. Parry, Esq.
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Puzzled about stuttering? If so, here is information
about and selections from a book that fits together the pieces of the stuttering
puzzle as never before. It discusses all aspects of stuttering, its possible
causes, therapies, and suggests an experimental self- therapy program called
"Valsalva Control."
Responses
to the Valsalva Hypothesis from Readers Who Stutter.
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Representative customer reviews of Understanding & Controlling
Stuttering on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com and e-mails received
by the author.
A New Outlook on Stuttering.
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How the Valsalva Hypothesis and Valsalva Control can radically change our
views about stuttering, from the Conclusion of Understanding & Controlling
Stuttering.
Valsalva Control for Stuttering
Diagnosing Valsalva Stuttering:
Suggested Criteria.
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Suggestions for determining the likelihood of Valsalva stuttering and
whether Valsalva Control might be appropriate.
The Principles of Valsalva
Control.
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An overview of Valsalva Control, from Understanding & Controlling
Stuttering, Chapter 23.
Beating the Stuttering Block: Some Basic Suggestions for Valsalva Control.
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An outline based on suggestions for Valsalva Control that are discussed in
much greater detail in
Understanding & Controlling Stuttering.
Beating the
Stuttering Block: How To Really Improve Your Fluency through Valsalva
Control
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Announcement of a new self-help manual by Bill Parry, to be released in summer 2005.
Research
Stuttering
and the Valsalva Mechanism: A Hypothesis in Need of Investigation,
by William D. Parry.
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Reprint of the original article proposing the
Valsalva Hypothesis, which appeared in the December 1985 issue of the
Journal of Fluency Disorders.
Can Stuttering
Blocks Be Controlled by Relaxation of the Valsalva Mechanism?, by William
D. Parry.
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A research proposal presented by Bill Parry at a Stuttering Research Symposium
sponsored by the National Stuttering Association in Anaheim, CA, on June
26, 2002.
Research Ideas.
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A list of ideas for research regarding the
Valsalva mechanism, Valsalva stuttering, and Valsalva Control (to be
continually revised and expanded).
Last modified April 27, 2005
Copyright © 2002, 2004, 2005 by William D. Parry