The Valsalva Stuttering Network

Stuttering Blocks Explained (VIDEO)

by William D. Parry, J.D., M.A., CCC-SLP

  Copyright © 2011 by William D. Parry

If you stutter, do words sometimes feel like "brick walls"? Do you repeat, prolong, or force on initial consonants? Do your blocks get stronger the harder you try to break through them? In this video, William Parry, a licensed speech pathologist, explains these common stuttering behaviors, based on his clinical research on Valsalva Control Therapy. It will show that the problem is not in saying the consonant, but rather the neurological substitution of effort in place of phonation of the word's vowel sound. This reaction may be triggered by the anticipation of difficulty or the urge to use effort to reduce anxiety.

 

 

Contact Information:

 

 William D. Parry, Esquire, CCC-SLP
 

A licensed speech-language pathologist and trial lawyer, offering stuttering therapy and counseling (including Valsalva Control stuttering therapy) in person in Philadelphia and over the Internet via webcam (subject to applicable law). 
 

Office: 1608 Walnut Street, Suite 900, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mobile phone: 215-620-6792

Office phone: 215-735-3500   
E-mail:
stutteringtherap@aol.com

 

Websites:

Stuttering Therapy and Counseling: www.stutteringtherapist.com
        E-mail:
stutteringtherap@aol.com

The Valsalva-Stuttering Network: www.valsalva.org
        E-mail: contact@valsalva.org
Beating Stuttering Blocks: www.stutterblock.com
Stuttering and the Law: www.stutterlaw.com

 

Valsalva Control Stuttering Therapy is a new approach to improving fluency by controlling the physiological mechanism that may be causing stuttering blocks. For further information on Valsalva Control Therapy, visit Stuttering Therapy and Counseling at www.stutteringtherapist.com

The Second Edition (2000) (5th Printing updated in 2009) of Understanding and Controlling Stuttering may be ordered from the National Stuttering Association or Amazon.com.

For information concerning stuttering self-help and support, please contact:

National Stuttering Association

119 West 40th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10018

Telephone: (800) 364-1677 or (800) WE STUTTER

Fax: (212) 944-8244

e-mail: info@WeStutter.org

Researchers and speech-language pathologists seeking further information about the Valsalva Hypothesis may e-mail me at: Valsalvastutter@aol.com.

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Last revised: 8/15/2011