| Speech pathologists and therapists are working | | | | neurological deficiencies being the cause of |
| towards finding a cure for stuttering. Even though | | | | stuttering believe medicines are the only way to |
| there is no cure yet, they are getting closer and | | | | prevent something happening within the body. |
| closer every day. Some people believe the tips | | | | Supporters of therapy believe people who stutter |
| and tricks they have already been given cured | | | | benefit from learning stress relief strategies cause |
| their stuttering. Others are not so positive, | | | | by outside sources. |
| because they continue to stutter on a daily basis. | | | | The Pros and Cons to Both Sides |
| There are conflicting stories about cures for | | | | There is no doubt that both sides have compelling |
| stuttering: | | | | beliefs to finding the cure for stuttering. Research |
| Neurological and Chemical Deficiencies | | | | demonstrates a little bit of both sides to be true. |
| Scientists and doctors have been studying | | | | Medicines, such as Beta Blockers, continue to |
| chemical deficiencies in the brain for a long time. | | | | lessen the severity of a patient's stuttering. |
| They believe seizures, stuttering, and migraines | | | | Breathing and coping techniques are effective in |
| are all linked to imbalances of chemicals within the | | | | helping patients identify words, situations, and |
| brain. The part where they do not agree is how | | | | feelings contributing to their stuttering. |
| to treat the imbalances. | | | | The cons of the sides differ drastically. Some of |
| Some doctors recommend Beta Blockers (a type | | | | the negatives of medicine curing stuttering are: |
| of medicine) to reduce the frequency of | | | | side effects, there is not one medicine proven to |
| stuttering, migraine, and seizure attacks. If Beta | | | | work for all stuttering patients, cases of children |
| Blockers are not prescribed, patients are often | | | | outgrowing stuttering, etc. Speech therapy also |
| required to take vitamins or medicine for low | | | | has problems to its ways of curing stuttering. The |
| blood sugar. Vitamins and low blood sugar | | | | techniques do not work for everyone. Plus, |
| medicine are believed to smooth the blood flow | | | | patients' medical coverage will not allow the |
| through troubled spots. | | | | patients to be seen for a long period of time. |
| Neurological deficiencies are probable factors of | | | | Patients may be allowed 6 months of treatment |
| stuttering since stress, anxiety, and emotional | | | | before they are required to pay the rest out of |
| elevation are triggers of stammering. There are | | | | their own pockets. The longer the patients are |
| links to anxiety and emotional elevations in other | | | | out of therapy, the greater chance they have of |
| neurological deficiencies as well. | | | | forgetting the techniques they were taught. |
| Speech Therapy Sides with Physical Factors | | | | The best solution for stuttering, at least for right |
| Speech therapists are trained to work with | | | | now, is the combination of medication and |
| patients, not prescribe medicine for patients. | | | | therapy. Science practices are getting closer to |
| Therapy teaches techniques of coping to patients | | | | finding a cure for stuttering. It has progressed |
| with stuttering problems. This is another conflicting | | | | greatly in the past few years, and it is going to |
| side to finding a cure for stuttering. Supporters of | | | | get even better in the future. |