Of course the companies making the mechanical devices are making money. The crucial issues ARE: 1) are the speech therapists making money from the companies that are making these mechanical devices; and, 2) are these companies providing financial support for the association of speech therapists.
But I totally agree with you expressed concern of psychologists repeating their studies with minor tweaking just to extend their funding. Think of the worse case scenario of Harlow providing pathetically deprived environments to rhesus monkeys to determine the impact of social isolation for over 35 years! The answer to that question was fairly clear within 3 to 4 years but he proceeded to make the environments for these infant monkeys increasingly dreadful (near the end, he put them in dark, steel wells). No reason for that except clearly, since he had made a name for himself, the NIH was willing to keep giving him $$$ thinking he must be finding important new information. Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OK: how many psychologists have extended their research work just to get > extended funding for grants? > Tipsters may not be aware of this but I have had multiple interests in > Speech Pathology (especially the etiology and treatment of > stuttering).There has been > an upsurge in mechanical devices to help modify stuttering behavior.There > are lots of speech therapists recommending these devices-and I am sure > that > the companies are making money with the help of those speech pathologists. > I am old school when it comes to stuttering therapy (Aubrey Yates,Charles > Van Riper,Wendell Johnson,IU.Uof Iowa,Western Michigan). > You may read more about my views re this in my forthcoming book: THE > CROSS-CULTURAL JOURNAL OF MICHAEL J. SYLVESTER > > MIchael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Flopida > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
