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The Development of Stuttering in Young Children

Michigan State University · with National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) · NCT06578416

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 3–6 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
120
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 1, 2023
Record last updated
April 16, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The goal of this longitudinal research is to learn why some children "grow out" of stuttering, while others persist. Children who do and do not stutter aged 3-6 years are eligible to participate in our study. During the study, children's speech and language abilities will be assessed with standardized assessments, and they complete several child-friendly experiments. During these experiments, brain activity will be recorded using specialized caps while children describe pictures, children will speak in two virtual-reality scenarios, and produce speech while keeping to a beat.

Being studied: Standardized assessments of speech and language abilities

Conditions: Stuttering; Stuttering, Childhood; Stuttering, Developmental

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria for controls

  • English as first/primary language
  • No history of neurological disease
  • Normal or corrected visual acuity
  • No medications expected to affect performance
  • No intellectual impairment, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD
  • Age-appropriate scores on speech and language assessment battery
  • Pass hearing screening at 20 dB at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000, bilaterally

Inclusion Criteria for children who stutter:

  • English as first/primary language
  • No history of neurological disease
  • Normal or corrected visual acuity
  • No medications expected to affect performance
  • No intellectual impairment or ASD Scores on speech and language assessments indicating stuttering, phonological (speech sound), or language disorders
  • Pass hearing screening at 20 dB at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000, bilaterally

Recruiting US locations

  • Developmental Speech Lab

    East Lansing, MI 48824

    Site contact: Bridget Walsh, PhD · 5178842401 · msustutteringlab@gmail.com

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Katelyn Gerwin, Ph.D. · 5173553410 · msustutteringlab@gmail.com
  • Bridget Walsh, Ph.D. · 5173553410 · msustutteringlab@gmail.com
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