What this study is
The specific purpose of this clinical trial is to compare performance on rhythm perception and production tasks between children who stutter and children who do not stutter. The overall project also aims to investigate how performance on rhythm tasks may be related to brain activity (non-clinical trial).
What's being tested
- Rhythm discrimination
Intervention · BEHAVIORAL
Participants will complete a rhythm discrimination task once per year for 3 years.
Study details
- Official title
- Subcortical Network Connectivity and Temporal Processing in Children With Persistent and Recovered Stuttering
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Childhood · Stuttering
- Enrolling
- 500 people
- Starts
- 2022-07-23
- Est. completion
- 2028-01-31
- Design
- Open-label, non-randomized, parallel groups
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 9 Years – 13 YearsSex ALLHealthy volunteers AcceptedChildren who stutter
You may qualify if
- English as primary language
- Current or past stuttering diagnosis
You can't join if
- Diagnosed/under treatment for any neurological or psychiatric conditions
- Head trauma with loss of consciousness
- Major medical illness
- Hearing loss- Language/motor delay (below -2 standard deviations on standardized assessments)
- Face, motor, or reflex abnormalities
Children who do not stutter
You may qualify if
- English as primary language
You can't join if
- Personal or family history of stuttering
- Diagnosed/under treatment for any neurological or psychiatric conditions
- Head trauma with loss of consciousness
- Major medical illness
- Hearing loss
- Language/motor delay (below -2 standard deviations on standardized assessments
- Face, motor, or reflex abnormalities
Sign in and we'll check these against your records.Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Study locations (1)
1 openUniversity of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Soo-Eun Chang, PhD · Contact734-232-0300sooeunc@umich.edu
- Soo-Eun Chang, PhD · Principal investigator
Recruiting
Study team
Sponsor
University of Michigan
Study ID HUM00196133
Principal investigator
Soo-Eun Chang, PhD
University of Michigan
Frequently asked questions
The sponsor hasn't published answers to common questions for this trial.