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Exploring the Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering

University of Texas at Austin · NCT05908123

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 2–85 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
3000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
May 22, 2015
Record last updated
June 22, 2023

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What the study is about

The purposes of this study are to 1) investigate potential speech, language, and psychosocial contributions to the experience of stuttering in monolingual and multilingual speakers, and to 2) evaluate interdisciplinary, telehealth, and speech-language pathology treatment methods and clinical training specific to fluency disorders.

Being studied: The Blank Center CARE Model(TM) for Individuals who Stutter

Conditions: Stuttering; Stuttering, Adult; Stuttering, Childhood; Stuttering, Developmental

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

A participant will be considered a child who stutters (ages 2-17 years) if

  • their parent/caregiver reports concern that their child is a person who stutters,
  • they exhibit three of more stuttering-like disfluencies (e.g., sound/syllable repetitions, (in)audible sound prolongations, whole-word repetitions) per 300-word speech sample, or
  • they present with an overall score of 11 or higher on the Stuttering Severity Instrument - 4th Edition (SSI-4).

A participant will be considered an adult who stutters (18+ years) if

  • they report they are a person who stutters,
  • they have received a formal diagnosis of stuttering from a certified speech-language pathologist,
  • they exhibit three of more stuttering-like disfluencies (e.g., sound/syllable repetitions, (in)audible sound prolongations, whole-word repetitions) per 300-word speech sample, or
  • they present with an overall score of 11 or higher on the Stuttering Severity Instrument - 4th Edition (SSI-4).

Exclusion Criteria

  • There are no exclusion criteria for persons who stutter.

Recruiting US locations

  • Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research

    Austin, TX 78712

    Site contact: Geoffrey A Coalson, PhD · 512-232-2999 · geoffrey.coalson@austin.utexas.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Courtney T Byrd, PhD · 512 475 6174 · courtney.byrd@austin.utexas.edu
  • Geoffrey A Coalson, PhD · 512 232 2999 · geoffrey.coalson@austin.utexas.edu
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