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Exploring the Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering

Sponsor
University of Texas at Austin (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05908123
Collaborator
(none)
3,000
Enrollment
1
Location
1
Arm
240
Anticipated Duration (Months)
12.5
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: The Blank Center CARE Model(TM) for Individuals who Stutter
 N/A

Detailed Description

Stuttering is a neurophysiological communication disorder characterized by a disruption in the forward flow of speech. Stuttering is multifactorial in nature, meaning there are several factors that likely to contribute to the development of stuttering in children and persistence of stuttering into adulthood. About 1% of the worldwide population stutters. In the United States, over 3 million people stutter. Research suggests people who stutter present with negative cognitive and affective components of the disorder, and that the general population holds negative perceptions of stuttering. Historically, people who stutter spend thousands of dollars on treatment that is not effective in mitigating the negative impact of stuttering on their overall communication and quality of life.

Speech-language pathologists evaluate and treat persons who stutter across the lifespan. Research suggests speech-language pathologists report fluency disorders (stuttering and cluttering) as the communication disorders with which they feel least competent and comfortable.

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

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
3000 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
The Blank Center CARE Model™: An Anti-Ableist Approach to Treatment
Actual Study Start Date :
May 22, 2015
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
May 22, 2035
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
May 22, 2035

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Blank Center CARE Model (Communication, Advocacy, Resilience, Education)

Behavioral: The Blank Center CARE Model(TM) for Individuals who Stutter
The over-arching goal of the Blank Center CARE Model is to ensure individuals who stutter communicate effectively, advocate for themselves in a manner that maintains agency, and ensure their quality of life does not depend on producing, or attempting to control, stuttered speech.
Other Names:
  • Communication-Centered Treatment (CCT)

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    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Communication Competence [11-weeks]

      psychometric measures of communication competence (e.g., CARE Assessment: Communication Subscale)

    2. Advocacy [11-weeks]

      psychometric measures of self-advocacy (e.g., CARE Assessment: Advocacy Subscale)

    3. Resilience [11-weeks]

      psychometric measures of resilience (e.g., CARE Assessment: Resilience Subscale)

    4. Education [11-weeks]

      psychometric measures of education about stuttering (e.g., CARE Assessment: Education Subscale)

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    2 Years to 85 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    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.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research Austin Texas United States 78712

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • University of Texas at Austin

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Courtney T Byrd, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Additional Information:

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    University of Texas at Austin
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT05908123
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 2015050044
    First Posted:
    Jun 18, 2023
    Last Update Posted:
    Jun 22, 2023
    Last Verified:
    Jun 1, 2023
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    Undecided
    Plan to Share IPD:
    Undecided
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Keywords provided by University of Texas at Austin
    stuttering, communication competence, adult, treatment
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Stuttering

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Jun 22, 2023