Assessment of Stuttering Severity in Adults and Adolescences in Conversational and Narrative Contexts

December 21, 2021 updated by: Maria Alfons Fouad, Assiut University
The aim of this study is to assess stuttering severity in both narration and conversation in adults and adolescences in order to determine which situation is more stressful so that more reliable and accurate measures for diagnosis can be done. Also this study will help in determining the best line of management of stuttering.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Stuttering is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses or blocks.

In the world, approximately 1% of the adult population suffer from stuttering. Stuttering has severe impact on the overall quality of the person's life such as anxiety, stress, shame, low self-esteem and negative affectivity .It also affects his educational attainment, his attractiveness and work life as he avoids employment.

Stuttering varies in severity, frequency and duration from situation to situation. So its dynamics are best understood within discourse contexts that involve interactions with other people. Clinicians typically rely on spontaneous conversational samples for analyzing speech disfluencies. They have good validity, but the use of a more structured form of speech may allow for more efficient, reliable elicitation of stuttering related behaviours and better understanding of the nature of stuttering.

Narration offers a more structured context than conversation because storytellers must weave together information about the characters, the circumstances and actions. Also, narration often contains more complex language than conversation and put the whole responsibility on the speaker for planning and conveying the information to the listener, compared to conversation where two or more speakers co-construct the stream of topics and comments. Thus, narration places more linguistic, cognitive and communicative demands on speakers than does conversation.

A research was done on six adult participants and showed that some of them stuttered more during conversation and others stuttered more during narration.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Assiut, Egypt, 71111
        • Assiut University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

11 years to 50 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Stuttering adults and adolescences will be referred from the outpatient clinic of Phoniatric Unit at Assiut University Hospital

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age :11-50
  2. Gender : both sex will be included in the study
  3. IQ >85
  4. No previous therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Presence of any other speech, language, physical or neuropsychatric disorders.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Case-Only
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
measuring the stuttering severity index in narrative and conversational contexts by using Stuttering Severity Instrument version 3 (scale ranges from very mild to very severe)
Time Frame: baseline
Using SSI-3 to evaluate stuttering in both conversational and narrative contexts
baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Comparison between the stuttering severity indices in narrative and conversational contexts (comparing the results of the primary outcome) by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
Time Frame: baseline
baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 14, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 31, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

September 9, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 11, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2021

Last Verified

December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Stuttering

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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