The Valsalva Stuttering Network

General Information Resources about Stuttering

Bill Parry's Stuttering Links (Click here for full list of links)

Links to websites containing information about stuttering, the Valsalva Hypothesis, Valsalva Control, discrimination, advocacy, stuttering support organizations, discussion groups, and other informational resources.

Stuttering Home Page

A most comprehensive web page, by Judy Kuster and John Harrison.

Stuttering and the Valsalva Mechanism: Introduction, by William D. Parry.

This introductory article is based on Bill Parry's presentation to the 1995 World Congress for People Who Stutter.

Beating the Stuttering Block: How To Really Improve Your Fluency through Valsalva Control.

Announcement of a new self-help manual by Bill Parry, to be released in summer 2005.

Home Pages of Stuttering and Speech-Related Organizations

National Stuttering Association (formerly the National Stuttering Project)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Stuttering Foundation of America

For a more complete list of organizations, click on Bill Parry's Stuttering Links.

Miscellaneous Information about the Valsalva Mechanism and Valsalva Maneuver

Breathing 101

Discussion of how the Valsalva maneuver causes "stuttering" in playing the trombone and other brass musical instruments.  From Brad Howland's "Music for Brass" website.