Exploring the Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: The Blank Center CARE Model(TM) for Individuals who Stutter.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Stuttering, Stuttering, Adult, Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering, Developmental. Basic parameters: 2 years — 85 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Blank Center CARE Model™: An Anti-Ableist Approach to Treatment
Overview
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.
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.
Interventions
- 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.
Primary outcome measures
- Communication Competence [Time frame: 11-weeks]
- Advocacy [Time frame: 11-weeks]
- Resilience [Time frame: 11-weeks]
- Education [Time frame: 11-weeks]
Eligibility criteria
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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research — Austin
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05908123 · 2015050044