Recruiting

Stuttering Treatment

Sponsor:

University of Texas at Austin

Code:

NCT05908123

Conditions

Stuttering

Stuttering, Adult

Stuttering, Childhood

Stuttering, Developmental

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

The Blank Center CARE Model(TM) for Individuals who Stutter

Study Details

Brief 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.

Conditions

Stuttering

Stuttering, Adult

Stuttering, Childhood

Stuttering, Developmental

Study ID

NCT05908123

Start date

May 22, 2015

Status verified date

Jun, 2023

Completion date

May 22, 2035

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 22, 2035

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 2 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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.

Study Design

Enrollment

3000 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Blank Center CARE Model (Communication, Advocacy, Resilience, Education)

Interventions

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 measure

  • Communication Competence [ Time Frame: 11-weeks ]
  • Advocacy [ Time Frame: 11-weeks ]
  • Resilience [ Time Frame: 11-weeks ]
  • Education [ Time Frame: 11-weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Courtney T Byrd, PhD

512 475 6174courtney.byrd@austin.utexas.edu

Geoffrey A Coalson, PhD

512 232 2999geoffrey.coalson@austin.utexas.edu

Locations

Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78712

Contacts

Geoffrey A Coalson, PhD

512-232-2999geoffrey.coalson@austin.utexas.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Texas at Austin

Last update posted

Jun 22, 2023

Last verified

Jun, 2023

Keywords

  • stuttering, communication competence, adult, treatment

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Texas at Austin on 2023-06-22.