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Title: Understanding and Controlling Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the Valsalva Hypothesis by William D. Parry ISBN: 1-929773-01-3 Publisher: National Stuttering Association Pub. Date: 13 April, 2000 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (18 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent book - very helpful
Comment: This book offered me a completely new approach to my speech impediment. It offers opinions on the reasons for stuttering and exercises for enhanced control all based on the author's own struggle with stuttering.

I found this book very helpful early on, and while I read it from cover to cover when I bought it, I still read certain chapters when I feel it's necessary. The exercises helped me initially, but the progress slowed after a few months. However, I'm happy to say that I just think I was a slow learner, as I'm still doing the exercises and I'm sure of the progress I've made and will continue to make using this model.

I would recommend buying this book!

Rating: 5
Summary: Invaluable and Profound
Comment: Whether you are a speech therapist/pathologist or a stutterer, I highly recommend that you buy this book.

It demystifies several aspects of stuttering, including the speech blocks that are so often experienced. It explains the neurological confusion between speech and the valsalva mechanism and how this affects disfluency. It explains why males predominate the stuttering population by pointing out sexual differences in the valsalva mechanism.

Mr. William Parry also provides a self-therapy program called Valsalva Control, which can be effectively used to control stuttering.

After reading this book, for the first time, I was able to get non-stutterers to personally experience the closing of the larynx and other physiological symptoms of a stuttering block created by the valsalva mechanism.

This book gave me the "Ah-ha! That explains so much." feeling.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent clarification of the stuttering process
Comment: This book changed the way I look at my stuttering. It makes riveting reading. The author has clearly spent an enormous amount of time, effort and energy in trying to get
a better understanding of his oun stutter, and in the process, formulated a hypothesis that makes a lot of sense. He offers explanations for questions like
- why do more men stutter than women?
- why do most stutters sing fluently?
- why do most stutters have a problem saying their name?

He breaks down the process of speach into it's components and deals with each one in turn. He explains why a lot of therapies enable stutters to (for a time period, at least) speak more fluently. Regardless of which therapy one is using - be it
prolonged speach, "air flow" technique, "costal breathing" etc etc - this book will help in providing a better understanding.

There are exercises at the back and a recommended daily routine program.

I've read many books on stuttering, but this one is by far the best. A very comprehensive, thought out and well-researched book.

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