Effectiveness of Digital Manipulation of Thyroid Cartilage and Fluency Shaping Therapy for the Management of Stuttering in Adult

Isra University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Developmental Stuttering

Treatments: Behavioral: Digital Manipulation of Thyroid cartilage; Behavioral: Fluency Shaping Therapy; Behavioral: combination Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03628755

IIRS-IUISB/PHD/016

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of digital manipulation of thyroid cartilage for the management of stuttering in adult.There were three groups,Group A received Digital Manipulation of Thyroid cartilage (DMT),Group B received Fluency shaping Therapy(FST),Group C received combination of DMT,FST.

Full description

The purpose of speech therapy is to stop progression of stuttering while teaching the method to client how to cope efficiently his or her stuttering disorder.

The goal of fluency shaping therapy to eliminate the severity of stuttering by adopting the specific pattern of speech production and also reduce negative reaction to stuttering by default).

Digital manipulation of thyroid cartilage decreases tension in vocal fold and reduces severity of stuttering and improves production of speech. DMT reduces unnecessary amount of tension in vocal tract and participant speaks with relax respiration,phonation, articulation and facilitate more fluent.in DMT subject speaks in natural way rather than in specific method in every situation.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Developmental stuttering
• Between age of 18 to 30 years
• Only male

Exclusion criteria

• Language disorders
• Cluttering
• Neurological stuttering

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 3 patient groups

Digital Manipulation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Digital manipulation of thyroid cartilage (DMT) Duration: Each child was given 15-20 minute session. Frequency: Twice in a week. Total 24 sessions were performed. The aim of DMT was to reduce the severity of stuttering and improve the fluency.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Digital Manipulation of Thyroid cartilage

fluency shaping Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Fluency Shaping Therapy Duration:Each child was given 30-minute session. Fluency Shaping Therapy (FST) Frequency: Twice in a week Total 24 sessions were performed. The aim of DMT was to reduce the severity of stuttering and improve the fluency

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fluency Shaping Therapy

combination Group

Experimental group

Description:

Combination Group (DMT+FST) Duration:Each subject was given 45-Minute session Frequency: Twice in a week Total 24 sessions were performed combination group was more significant option for reducing the severity of stuttering and improve fluency than practice the single DMT or FST

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fluency Shaping Therapy

Behavioral: combination Group

Behavioral: Digital Manipulation of Thyroid cartilage