Stuttering Devices

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Now that would be an interesting study:

Ask a sample of stutterers "How much would you be willing to pay to completely cure your stuttering, considering your stuttering severity, the role of stuttering in your life, and your economic situation?" Capture several variables: For each person, capture:
- a measure of stuttering severity
- a measure of economic situation
- how much they'd pay
Do some smoothing maybe, and plot the results as a two-dimensional manifold in 3-space.

If we had such data, could they be used to encourage drug company investment in research?

Maybe we also need a fourth variable: degree of stuttering reduction: How much would you pay for a 25%, reduction? A 50% reduction? A 75% reduction? A 100% reduction?

Sunday, 21 February 2010 16:20:00 CET