Dr. Gerald Maguire: Pagoclone and the Medical Treatment of Stuttering (Episode 101)
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Gerald Maguire, M.D., joins Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson to discuss the Pagolcone Phase IIb trial and to respond to many questions concerning the study. Dr. Maguire may be contacted at The Kirkup Center for the Medical Treatment of Stuttering which includes Maguire's telemedicine program. The Center provides evaluations to individuals throughout the globe. As a non-profit center, scholarships are available to individuals who stutter who have limited means as well. Dr. Maguire may also be contacted at his University's Treatment Center. Email gerald.maguire@uci.edu. To learn more about participating in the current pagoclone study, go to stutteringstudy.com.
Dr. Maguire has been a featured guest on:
- Pagoclone: A Possible Medical Treatment for Stuttering (video)
- StutterTalk Episode 51
- StutterTalk Episode 90
- CNN: Paging Dr. Gupta: Stuttering is a Neurological Condition (see video above)
- The Infinite Mind: Stuttering (radio program)
- Telemedicine Brings Stuttering Treatment to the World
- To Fight Stuttering, Doctors Look at the Brain (New York Times)
Be sure and get to the Our Time Theatre Company's 7th Annual Benefit Gala, Monday April 13, 2009. Our Time will be honoring Howard Bingham, who most notably was Muhammed Ali's perosnal photographer. Honorary charis are Muhammed and Lonnie Ali, Bill Cosby, Camille Cosby and Carly Simon. Click here for the details.
Summer Self-Help Conferences
Below is a list of upcoming self-help conferences for people who stutter, our families and professionals.
- National Stuttering Association's 2009 Annual Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona, July 8-12.
- FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, 2009 Annual Conference, held in Tampa, Florida, July 23-25.
- British Stammering Association's, 2009 National Conference, held in London, England, September 11-13.
Posted by StutterTalk at 3/29/2009 11:30 PM 
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Tags: maguire diagnosis stuttering stuttering foundation kirkup gerald nsa medical therapy sfa pagaclone indevus treatment pagoclone nsp stammering
About the 100th episode (I have to comment on this one since its comments were disabled):
At the start of the podcast you guys talk about a sense of unnaturalness that comes from constant attention to communication strategies. It's a criticism often aimed at fluency shaping, but I think you're right that it does apply somewhat to stuttering modification techniques too.
Have you guys ever experimented with a more Joe Sheehan-style approach?
My understanding is that although Sheehan was a stuttering modification advocate, he focused on using less 'control' than most stuttering modification supporters.
For instance I'm looking at a Sheehan ebook right now, and I notice:
-no discussion of speaking slowly
-no pre-block correction (but it talks about in-block and post-block correction a.k.a. cancellation).
The general idea seems to be that you should talk almost completely as if you did not stutter until you do stutter (which will be primary stuttering, since you weren't thinking about stuttering at all), and only then would you start using 'techniques.'
Have either of you ever tried an approach more like this?
I do notice that Joe Sheehan's speaking/stuttering style seems extremely natural. Here is a discussion between Sheehan and Van Riper:
http://www.intech.mnsu.edu/kuster/Windows%20Media/vrsheehan_112066.wma
(Sheehan has the less booming voice of the two)