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Speech Signals in Stuttering

University of Pittsburgh · with University of Michigan, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) · NCT05668923

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 5–17 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
600
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 21, 2022
Record last updated
September 1, 2026

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What the study is about

The purpose of this research study is to understand how speech and language are processed in the brain. This study will provide information that may help with the understanding how speech and language are processed in children and whether there may be differences between children who stutter and children who do not stutter. This project will evaluate these neural processes for speech signals in children who stutter and control subjects through a battery of behavioral speech and language tests, electroencephalography-based (EEG) tasks, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and computational modeling.

Being studied: Speech sound stimulation

Conditions: Stuttering, Childhood

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Speaks English as primary language
  • Language abilities within the typical range
  • Cognitive abilities within the typical range
  • No contraindications for MRI

Inclusion criteria for children who stutter:

  • Presence of developmental stuttering (onset in childhood)
  • No history of other communication disorder

Inclusion criteria for children who do not stutter:

  • No family history of stuttering
  • No history of other communication disorders (e.g., hearing impairment, language impairment, cognitive impairment/injury)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Taking medication that alters neural function
  • Cognitive skills below the typical range
  • Major medical illness
  • Not a fluent speaker of English
  • Pregnant or possibly pregnant
  • Metal implants in your body (including pacemakers, neurostimulators, or other metal objects)
  • Shrapnel injuries
  • Ocular foreign bodies (e.g., metal shavings)
  • Metal piercings that cannot be removed for the scan
  • Tattoos containing iron or metal pigments
  • Prone to claustrophobia
  • For fMRI, those with head circumference greater than 60cm or whose weight is more than 300 pounds will be excluded due to the size of the fMRI magnet bore

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, PA 15213

    Site contact: Brittany Coleman, MS, CCC-SLP · 412-710-6028 · bmc162@pitt.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Brittany Coleman, MS, CCC-SLP · 412-710-6028 · bmc162@pitt.edu
  • Ashley Parker, PhD · 412-710-6028 · ashley.parker@pitt.edu
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