RECRUITING

Exploring the Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering

Study Overview

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Description

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.

Official Title

The Blank Center CARE Model™: An Anti-Ableist Approach to Treatment

Quick Facts

Study Start:2015-05-22
Study Completion:2035-05-22
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05908123

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:2 Years to 85 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * their parent/caregiver reports concern that their child is a person who stutters,
  2. * 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
  3. * they present with an overall score of 11 or higher on the Stuttering Severity Instrument - 4th Edition (SSI-4).
  4. * they report they are a person who stutters,
  5. * they have received a formal diagnosis of stuttering from a certified speech-language pathologist,
  6. * 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
  7. * they present with an overall score of 11 or higher on the Stuttering Severity Instrument - 4th Edition (SSI-4).
  1. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  2. Severe psychiatric disorders
  3. Active substance abuse
  4. Unstable medical conditions
  5. Inability to comply with study requirements

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

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

Principal Investigator

Courtney T Byrd, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The University of Texas at Austin

Study Locations (Sites)

Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research
Austin, Texas, 78712
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin

  • Courtney T Byrd, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The University of Texas at Austin

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2015-05-22
Study Completion Date2035-05-22

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2015-05-22
Study Completion Date2035-05-22

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • stuttering, communication competence, adult, treatment

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Stuttering
  • Stuttering, Adult
  • Stuttering, Childhood
  • Stuttering, Developmental