St. Louis, K. O. (1992). On defining cluttering. In F. L. Myers & K. O. Louis (Eds.), Cluttering: A clinical perspective. Kibworth, Great Britain: Far Communications, Ltd. Van Zaalen, Y. and Bochane, M. (2007). 27th World congress of the “The Wallet story”, International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Proceedings (p.85). THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL PAPERS The Dual Premotor Model of Cluttering and Stuttering: A Neurological Framework Per Alm, Ph.D. Lund University, Lund, Sweden The Stuttering Information Center of Denmark, Copenhagen Abstract An explanatory model is proposed: the dual premotor model of cluttering and stuttering. Initiation of speech segments may be cued by either of two parallel premotor systems, the lateral and the medial. Stuttering and cluttering are suggested to be the two opposite disturbances of the same function: insufficient vs. premature release of speech motor segments by the medial premotor system. Both disorders may be temporarily improved by shifting speech timing to the lateral system. Summary
St. Louis, K. O. (1992). On defining cluttering. In F. L. Myers & K. O. Louis (Eds.), Cluttering: A clinical perspective. Kibworth, Great Britain: Far Communications, Ltd. Van Zaalen, Y. and Bochane, M. (2007). “The Wallet story”, 27th World congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Proceedings (p.85). THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL PAPERS The Dual Premotor Model of Cluttering and Stuttering: A Neurological Framework Per Alm, Ph.D. Lund University, Lund, Sweden The Stuttering Information Center of Denmark, Copenhagen Abstract An explanatory model is proposed: the dual premotor model of cluttering and stuttering. Initiation of speech segments may be cued by either of two parallel premotor systems, the lateral and the medial. Stuttering and cluttering are suggested to be the two opposite disturbances of the same function: insufficient vs. premature release of speech motor segments by the medial premotor system. Both disorders may be temporarily improved by shifting speech timing to the lateral system. Summary