Stuttering study reveals emotional impact on speech control
NCT ID NCT05003583
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how emotions influence speech coordination in 68 preschool children, some who stutter and some who don't. Kids repeated a phrase after seeing emotional or neutral pictures. The goal was to understand how emotional reactions and speech control interact in early childhood stuttering. No treatment was given; this was purely an observational study.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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68 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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3 to 10 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. English as the primary language of communication. 2. No history of neurological diseases or diagnosed speech-language disorders apart from stuttering. 3. Parent report or direct observation of oral-facial structural abnormalities (such as cleft lip and/or cleft palate). 4. Free of any medications that may affect neural functions (e.g., medications of seizures). 5. Normal hearing acuity (must pass a hearing screening). 6. Normal vision per parent report. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Failure to meet the inclusionary criteria listed above 2. Parental report of neurodevelopmental disorders (such as autism spectrum disorders) 3. Parental report of vision problems that are not corrected or corrected with glasses.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Syracuse University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Syracuse, New York, 13244, United States
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