Show Let Lt ith the Left Handled Handed Child Use Left Hand or He H May Stutter Stuttering is not a simple matter of a twisted tongue but is a deep deep- seated disorder of ot the central nervous system and is caused when the two halves of the brain which in the normal normal normal nor nor- mal person work in harmony under the dominance of ot the stronger half become too equally developed and Independent of each other This new theory of or the tho origin of speech disorders disorders dis dis- dis orders is advanced after seven years of intensive research by Dr Lee Edward Ed ward Travis head of the psychological and speech clinic at th the state university university sity of Iowa Iown WHOLE BODY IN SP SPASM AS I According to the Travis theory stuttering is to be explained on the basis of at brain function In a very real sense the stuttering spasm is a spasm of the whole body It is to be seen in disorganization of eye movements lowered reflex times strange tremor rates in respiratory muscles and in other parts of the body The whole complicated activity appears to be due to lack of ot proper organization in the central nervous system In the normal speaker one side of the brain is better than the other in structure and function The better half sets the rate and rhythm for nervous discharges to all parts of the body and especially to the speech muscles which lie in the midline of ot the body In the neither side of the brain is consistently domi domi- nant The two halves of ot the brain are more or less independent of one another Muscles which get their nervous impulses from one side of the brain do not work in harmony with muscles which get their Impulses impulses im Im- Im pulses from the other side The re- re result re suIt sult is the stuttering spasm This faulty organization may be bein bein in hi some measure hereditary Aside from that the most common cause appears to be the fact that left handed children are arc trained to be right hand ed This interferes with growth the side sido of th the brain is ic not tint de dr as as- as asi i it should be be and the the weaker weak weak- er or side is overdeveloped They become become be be- come almost equal and conflict with one another Stuttering occurs when this happens Birth injuries high fever and definite brain injury are among the other causes listed and discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed by Dr Travis SIDED ONE-SIDED BRAIN Stuttering is to be cured by bringing bring bring- ing lug about proper sided one organization organization ration of brain activity In many cases this calls for a 1 shift shUt back to the use of ot the left hand But each individual indi vidual case demands its own specific program of retraining In a research program featured by highly refined methods and apparatus appa appa- raIns ratus Dr Travis has examined hun hun- of ot He has ha made madi moving pictures of their nervous cur cui rents and of their eye movements Hi He has photographed and analyzed voice waves He has made ingenious studies of their breathing I Family histories physical d de mental and makeup have all been examined KJ gi CHECKED ON RATS Dr Travis has operated on iha thi brains of rats and dogs in order t to check his findings with regard to stul stu In working out his theory hhas hi h hs has drawn heavily from recent work in biology psychology neurology nn related sciences Dr Bryng Bryngelson head of tb th the speech clinic at the he University o of Minnesota has treated a large nun atm ber of ot by means of meth auth methods outlined by Dr Travis In th tM the Minneapolis public schools one school year he definitely cure cured per cent of cases and he Ii in I proved the rest The younger sta stat are much more easily caret cura cured than are the adults although cases case U up to 30 years of age have been cur cured 1 a J si |