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Network Connectivity and Temporal Processing in Adolescents Who Stutter

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Stuttering, Childhood
Stuttering
Interventions
Behavioral: Rhythm discrimination
Registration Number
NCT05286151
Lead Sponsor
University of Michigan
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).

Detailed Description

Participants in the clinical trial portion of this study will complete rhythm discrimination and finger tapping experiments once a year for 3 years. The study team will compare performance between groups. Participants will also participate in the non-trial portion of the project that includes having magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) each year for 3 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
500
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Children who do not stutterRhythm discriminationChildren who do not stutter
Children who stutterRhythm discriminationChildren who stutter
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rhythm discrimination (d')Year 3

Performance on the rhythm discrimination task will be assessed using a signal detection analysis to distinguish between participants' ability to discriminate same and different rhythms from any general tendency to respond same or different. Hit rates (HRs) and false alarm rates (FARs) will be obtained to calculate d' (a measure of sensitivity; determined by z(HR) - z(FAR)).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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