Correlation of Family History, Age at Onset & Severity of Stuttering

Stuttering, Childhood Clinical Trial

Official title:

Correlation of Family History, Age at Onset and Severity of Stuttering in School-age Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04412213
• Other study ID #: family history of stuttering
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: June 2020
• Est. completion date: July 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: Sherine Elderwy
• Phone: 01200148845
• Email: sherin.k.elderwy[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to Detect the influence of the family history of stuttering (distance of relative) on the onset and severity of stuttering in children in these families. Also to explore developmental differences among young stutterers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: July 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1-Age: from 7 to 15 years old. 2-Gender: both sexes will be included in the study. 3-The participants are diagnosed as stutterers by an expert phoniatrician. 4-Children will be accepted only if full information is provided concerning the presence or absence of family history of stuttering, from both paternal and maternal sides of the family, and the age of onset of stuttering manifestations. 5-Mentality: IQ is 80 or more

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1-Age below 7 years or above 15 years. 2-Failure to provide full information concerning the presence or absence of family history of stuttering, from both paternal and maternal sides of the family, or age of onset of stuttering manifestations.. 3- IQ less than 80

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stuttering
• Stuttering, Childhood

Intervention

Other:
• Stuttering severity instrument for school-age children (SSI-3 Arabic version)
Stuttering severity instrument for school-age children (SSI-3 Arabic version) for measuring stuttering severity Stanford Binet test version 4 to evaluate the mentality (IQ)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

References & Publications (2)

Buck SM, Lees R, Cook F. The influence of family history of stuttering on the onset of stuttering in young children. Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2002 May-Jun;54(3):117-24. — View Citation

Yairi E, Ambrose N. Onset of stuttering in preschool children: selected factors. J Speech Hear Res. 1992 Aug;35(4):782-8. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	assess the correlation between family history, age of onset and severity of stuttering	family history may affect the onset of stuttering and its severity. children with possitive family history of stuttering may develope stuttering earlier than children with negative family history and stuttering could be more severe in the first group.	year