NCT05908123

Exploring the Nature, Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering

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

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

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.

Conditions

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-22
• Primary completion: 2035-05-22
• Completion: 2035-05-22
• First posted: 2023-06-18
• Last updated: 2023-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States