Dietary Factors and Disfluency. A Look Into Causes and Variations in Severity of Disfluency in Regards to Vocal Cord Tension.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Dietary Factors and Disfluency: Variations in Severity of Vocal Cord tension
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to see whether participants with persistent developmental disfluency who report fluctuational disfluency due to vocal cord tension on a day to day basis of can achieve a more normalized fluency by identifying dietary allergen responses and subsequently eliminating these dietary triggers from their daily consumption.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 16 Years to 75 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients reporting persistent developmental disfluency.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients reporting no changes in disfluency severity or frequency
Arms & Interventions
Food allergy and vocal cord tension
To determine if dietary allergen responses and frequency and severity of vocal cord tension.
Intervention: Food Allergy Testing and Elimination Diet (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Dietary Factors and Disfluency: Variations in Severity of Vocal Cord tension
Time Frame: 1 Year
Initial fluency samples are taken prior to treatment protocol of study. Food sensitivity panel will be assessed for potential allergans. Allergan responses are graded from 0 being no response to food allergen to 3 being the strongest response and subsequent removal of sensitive allergan from diet. Speech sample and disfluency severity will be evaluated qualitatively again via the SSI-3 on repeat office visit at fixed interval scale. Erickson S-24 repeated at end of study and final conclusions made.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported