| The cure for stuttering is still unknown. According | | | | The cure for stuttering techniques is advancing |
| to the Webster's Dictionary, the definition of | | | | each and every day. In 2004, two scientists |
| stuttering is "to speak with involuntary disruption | | | | invented a device to allow stutterers to speak |
| or blocking of speech (as by spasmodic repetition | | | | normally. The device is worn as a hearing aid, and |
| or prolongation of vocal sounds)." The involuntary | | | | it transforms what a stuttering person says into |
| disruption of speech is what has baffled speech | | | | normal conversation. The person hears the |
| pathologist and research scientists for years. Both | | | | correct way of saying something and learns to |
| parties believe they are getting closer to finding | | | | speak it in the proper way. |
| the cure for stuttering techniques. | | | | The device is not perfect, as neither are |
| There is some belief that the trait for stuttering | | | | medications or therapy, but researchers continue |
| may lie in cells in the left hemisphere of the brain. | | | | to advance their understanding of the human brain |
| Researchers think one are tries to communicate | | | | and stuttering. Stuttering cures are being tested |
| with another area and something block the | | | | on an individual basis before being released to |
| transmission. The left hemisphere of the brain is | | | | thousands of people. |
| responsible for language development. The | | | | Even though the anti-stuttering device was the |
| damage caused by the transmission appears to | | | | latest break-through in technology for stuttering, |
| be minimal, and children can overcome stuttering | | | | there are scientists working to create a better |
| with conventional therapy. | | | | device. Little is known about the device besides |
| Stuttering cure techniques have been established | | | | that it is being created. |
| to help patients deal with stuttering. The | | | | Trial and error is the only thing researcher can to |
| techniques range from breathing skills to social | | | | until a cure for stuttering techniques is discovered. |
| interaction skills. These techniques are not proven | | | | It is going to take a long time to figure out a cure |
| effective for every patient, but have been | | | | for stuttering that works for the millions of people |
| proven to lower the amount of time the patient | | | | who suffer from stuttering. However, it is |
| spends stuttering. | | | | believed that researchers, doctors, and scientists |
| Stress, caffeine, anxiety, emotional connections, | | | | are closer to the answer than they have ever |
| nervousness, and sensory overloads are a few of | | | | been before. |
| the most popular triggers of stuttering attacks. | | | | Within the past few years, the direction of study |
| These symptoms respond back to the notion | | | | to cure stuttering has been placed on the brain. |
| that there are chemical imbalances in the brain. | | | | Neurologists have performed surgeries on patients |
| The symptoms for stuttering are similar to the | | | | to get a better understanding of the hemispheres |
| symptoms of depression, ADHD (Attention Deficit | | | | of the brain. A connection between seizure |
| Hyperactivity Disorder), and OCD (Obsessive | | | | patients and stuttering patients has been |
| Compulsive Disorder). The medicine used to treat | | | | determined. Science is soon going to stumble |
| stuttering is sometimes used for patients with | | | | across the answer to what causes a person to |
| migraine, depression, and/or anxiety history. | | | | stutter. |