The Variable Release Threshold (VRT) Hypothesis of Stuttering
Channel: Paul Brocklehurst
Date: 2020-01-22

The approach to stammering therapy that we have developed, and which forms the basis of our online course, is based upon two theoretical tenets...

1. That the speech of people who stammer is (or was) somewhat error-prone

2. And that stammering occurs as a side-effect of stammerers’ attempts to avoid speech errors.

The VRT hypothesis provides a plausible, detailed explanation for why trying to avoid speech errors results in the production of stammered dysfluencies. In the following slideshow, I have tried to explain the main points of the hypothesis in language that is, as far as possible, non-technical and easy to understand.
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