Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Code:

NCT05286151

Conditions

Stuttering, Childhood

Stuttering

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 9 - 13

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Rhythm discrimination

Study Details

Brief summary:

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).

Conditions

Stuttering, Childhood

Stuttering

Study ID

NCT05286151

Start date

Jul 23, 2022

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Jan 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 9 - 13

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria Children who stutter:

  • English as primary language
  • Current or past stuttering diagnosis

Inclusion Criteria Children who do not stutter:

  • English as primary language

Exclusion Criteria Children who stutter:

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria Children who do not stutter:

  • 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

Study Design

Enrollment

500 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Children who stutter

Children who stutter

experimental: Children who do not stutter

Children who do not stutter

Interventions

Rhythm discrimination

Participants will complete a rhythm discrimination task once per year for 3 years.

Primary outcome measure

  • Rhythm discrimination (d') [ Time Frame: Year 1 ]
  • Rhythm discrimination (d') [ Time Frame: Year 2 ]
  • Rhythm discrimination (d') [ Time Frame: Year 3 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Soo-Eun Chang, PhD

734-232-0300sooeunc@umich.edu

Emily Garnett, PhD

734-232-3371emilyog@umich.edu

Locations

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

Soo-Eun Chang, PhD

734-232-0300sooeunc@umich.edu

Principal Investigator:

Soo-Eun Chang, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Last update posted

Oct 23, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Keywords

  • Rhythm
  • Temporal processing
  • Healthy children
  • Speech disorders
  • Timing

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Michigan on 2025-10-23.