19 Feb 2010
Dr. Dennis Drayna: Researchers Identify Three Genes as Source of Stuttering in Families Studied – Additional Genes Located (180)
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Dr. Dennis Drayna, geneticist and senior researcher for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recently published research which has identified three genes as a source of stuttering in families studied.
The research article that Dr. Drayna is senior author on and discusses, Mutations in the Lysosomal Enzyme–Targeting Pathway and Persistent Stuttering, is available at the New England Journal of Medicine. This research has been covered widely in the media including this segment on National Public Radio featuring Jane Fraser, President of the Stuttering Foundation.
7 Mar 2010
Dr. Luc De Nil: A Conversation about Stuttering – “Everything That You Do Rewires the Brain” (184)
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Luc De Nil, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss brain imaging research, stuttering and much more. Visit Dr. De Nil’s Speech Fluency Laboratory to learn more about his research and publications.
During this episode Dr. De Nil is asked about his behavioural and neuroimaging research pertaining to stuttering and fluency, the possibility that speech therapy is “rewiring” the brain, if stuttering events can occur as a result of learned behavior without a corresponding neurological event, recovery and stuttering, if stuttering is the result of a faulty speech monitoring system, stuttering when you are alone, the future of neuroimaging research and much more.
Thanks to Dr. Tom Weidig at the Stuttering Brain Blog for providing some excellent questions to ask Dr. De Nil.