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Enhancing Speech Fluency With Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Developmental Stuttering

NCT02288598 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-01-31

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Summary

This study aims to test whether the addition of transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) to speech fluency training results in improvements in speech fluency in adults with developmental stuttering. Half of the participants will receive anodal TDCS on five consecutive days, the other half will receive a sham stimulation for the same amount of time.

Conditions

  • Stuttering
  • Fluency Disorders
  • Speech Disorders

Interventions

DEVICE

Anodal TDCS

20 minutes 1mA anodal stimulation to left inferior frontal cortex. Cathode positioned on right supra-orbital ridge.

BEHAVIORAL

Fluency Training

Speech tasks will be completed using fluency-enhancing techniques: metronome-timed speech and auditory choral speech.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kate Watkins, PhD · University of Oxford

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-14
Completion
2016-03-14

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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