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15 Dec 2012

Did Neanderthals Stutter? – An Update on Genetic Stuttering Research with Dr. Dennis Drayna from the NIH (378)

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Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Health

Dennis Drayna, Ph.D., Senior Investigator at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at the National Institutes of Health, joins Peter Reitzes to update listeners on genetic research pertaining to stuttering.

Dr. Drayna discusses current genetic research on stuttering,  gene mutations that lead stuttering and speculates as to why or how such mutations cause stuttering. Dr. Drayna is asked about stuttering severity, recovery, stuttering predisposition, gene patent law currently being heard by the Supreme Court of the United States, stuttering as a motor/speech problem, the possibility of individualized gene mutations or variants that may cause stuttering, genetic research on stuttering using mice, gene expression, the possibility of stuttering in early humans and neanderthals and much more.

Dr. Drayna appeared on StutterTalk in 2010 when his research team identified mutations in three genes as a source of stuttering in almost 9% of the volunteers studied. Listen here.

StutterTalk thanks Dr. Tom Weidig at The Stuttering Brain blog for preparing some questions for this episode. Read Dr. Weidig’s summary and comments on today’s episode here.

Check out these recent materials featuring Dr. Drayna:

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4 Dec 2012

Passing as Fluent and Covert Stuttering with Sara and Britni (377)

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Sara MacIntyre

Sara MacIntyre joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss her recently published chapter titled Passing as Fluent in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Britni and Sara discuss their individual and shared experiences with covert stuttering.

Sara MacIntyre is a person who stutters and a graduate student studying Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Bachelor degree in Finance from Lehigh University in 2009 and worked in Washington D.C. for an investment consulting firm prior to returning to school. Sara leads a support group for teens who stutter in Pittsburgh and is personally active with both the National Stuttering Association and FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.

Sara has been featured on StutterTalk several times – check out her archived inspiration.

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27 Nov 2012

Roisin’s Experience of Stuttering (376)

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Roisin McManus

Roisin McManus joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her recently published chapter titled Standing in the Rain in Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. 

ROISIN McMANUS (with Joel Korte and Carny Herring) hosts the StutterTalk B Team. Roisin is a person who stutters, co-leader of the Brooklyn College National Stuttering Association Chapter and works as a Registered Nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan.

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21 Nov 2012

Working with Children Who Stutter and the Clinician’s Acceptance of Stuttering (375)

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Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD

Craig Coleman, M.A., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss working with school age children who stutter and preschoolers who stutter and the clinician’s acceptance of stuttering. Craig is asked about a journal he plans to launch which will focus on case studies and about an online support group for teens and children who stutter he is working on with the National Stuttering Association. Mr. Coleman authored (with J. Scott Yaruss and Robert Quesal) a letter to the editor in which they responded to a recent editorial written by Marilyn Nippold. StutterTalk covered this topic during episodes 372 and 373 and Mr. Coleman is asked at the top of the show to weigh in on the editorial and response letters. The episode concludes with Craig being asked about why he does not regularly adopt Lidcombe and other response-contingency approaches into treatment.

Craig Coleman is an assistant professor at Marshall University and a Board-Recognized Specialist in fluency Disorders (BRS-FD). Craig is currently serving his second term as President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association and also serves on the Scientific and Professional Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). For twelve years, Craig was a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he served as a Clinical Coordinator in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and Co-Director of the Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania Craig is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University. Craig Coleman was second author (with Scott Yaruss and Bob Quesal) in responding to the Marilyn Nippold editorial that StutterTalk has been covering.

References:

  • Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C., & Hammer, D. (2006). Treating preschool children who stutter: Description and preliminary evaluation of a family-focused treatment approach. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 37, 118-136.
  • StutterTalk episode 372
  • StutterTalk episode 373
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14 Nov 2012

Advertising, “Speech Tool Guy” and Hurricane Sandy (374)

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Caryn Herring

CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) go around the table and discuss the latest happenings in their life. Caryn talks about the nature of self-advertising with her job, and how it can be uncomfortable at times. Joel introduces “Speech Tool Guy,” a character/concept that he has developed to help him manage his speech. Lastly, Roisin discusses about how Hurricane Sandy has affected her job and ultimately her stuttering.

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4 Nov 2012

Valuing the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering: A Response to Nippold (373)

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Robert “the Expert” Quesal

Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to respond to Marilyn A. Nippold’s appearance last week on StutterTalk episode 372 in which she argued that focusing on overt stuttering should be the primary treatment goal for school-age children who stutter. Bob and Peter respond by discussing the importance of valuing the speaker’s experience of stuttering, valuing the common and often shared experiences of people who stutter and conducting research that comprehensively targets the needs of people who stutter. Bob shares his “car veering right analogy” to help listeners better appreciate and empathize with the speaker’s experience of stuttering.

ROBERT QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Listed below are some of the articles and references mentioned during today’s episode. StutterTalk attempted to list them in the order they were mentioned on air.

  • Nippold, M. A. (2011). Stuttering in school-age children: A call for treatment research [From the editor]. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, 99-101.
  • Yaruss, J.S., Coleman, C.E., & Quesal, R. W. (2012). Stuttering in school-age children: A Comprehensive approach to treatment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 536-548.
  • Nippold, M. A. (2012). When a school-age child stutters, Let’s focus on the primary problem. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 549-551
  • Andrews, C., O’Briana, S., Harrison, E., Onslow, M., Packman, A., & Menzies, R. (2012). Syllable-timed speech treatment for school-age children who stutter: A phase I trial. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 359-369
  • Starkweather, C.W. Fluency and stuttering. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
  • Bloodstein, O. (1988). Science in communication disorders: Letter to the Editor. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 53, 347-351.
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