Re: Neurofeedback for stuttering?

June 6, 2006

A friend of mine when he was a kid used to stutter when responding to

others. He solved the problem by taking a deep breath before

answering

questions.

(Interestingly enough as an adult he now only sometimes stutters when

drunk.)

In any case I would assume SMR training at C4 to be good. Especially

if the stuttering only appears in social contexts.

Jim Ekgren

>

> Has anyone had any experience using neurofeedback as an

intervention

> for stuttering?

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Parks

>

June 6, 2006

My son developed an acute stutter overnight at the age of four. We tested him for 'heavy metal' poisoning and found very high levels of mercury. We cured him within ten weeks by chelating the mercury under medical supervision.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Jimmy EkgrenSent: Wednesday, 7 June 2006 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Neurofeedback for stuttering?

A friend of mine when he was a kid used to stutter when responding to others. He solved the problem by taking a deep breath before answering questions. (Interestingly enough as an adult he now only sometimes stutters when drunk.) In any case I would assume SMR training at C4 to be good. Especially if the stuttering only appears in social contexts.Jim Ekgren>> Has anyone had any experience using neurofeedback as an intervention > for stuttering? > > Thanks in advance,> > Parks>

June 6, 2006

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My experience with stuttering is that F7 needs to have more beta

(activation) than F8. If you have a reversal you have the non-dominant speech

center competing with the dominant side. I believe this contributes to

stuttering. So I train F8 beta down and F7 Beta up.

Hope that helps.

Mark

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From:

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Of peteraparks

Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 2:25 PM

Subject: Neurofeedback for stuttering?

Has anyone had any experience using

neurofeedback as an intervention

for stuttering?

Thanks in advance,

Parks

June 6, 2006

The F7 and F8 suggestion noted previously is a good one. Stuttering also often

seemed, in my experience, to go with incomplete dominance (client uses left hand

for some things and right hand for others). Exercises like those recommended by

Brain Gym can be helpful as well.

Pete

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> From: " peteraparks " <peterparks@...>

> Date: 2006/06/06 Tue PM 05:25:15 EDT

>

> Subject: Neurofeedback for stuttering?

>

> Has anyone had any experience using neurofeedback as an intervention

> for stuttering?

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Parks

>

June 7, 2006

I had a client stop stuttering after one session of C4 SMR enhancement. It was back in the good old days when we mostly did C3 beta or C4 SMR work. When I added in C3 beta training for half the session the stutter came back. I eventually did about 10 minutes C3 beta and 20 minutes of C4 SMR to help with mood and concentration, but keep the stutter away.