Study of the Effect of the Auditory Stimulation on Stuttering Symptoms in Patients With a Deficit of Spectral Power in the EEG Beta Frequency Band (ZOV)

Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stuttering, Adult; Stammering

Treatments: Device: ZOV.ai digital therapy candidate

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05339906

ZOV01

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the investigators will research the efficacy of a novel auditory neuro modulating technology that leverages euphonic music tracks with broad-spectrum binaural beats to induce selective EEG spectral power changes.

Full description

Stuttering is a speech disorder that affects more than 70 million people worldwide, limiting their ability to communicate and socialize. During recent decades, several studies have demonstrated a link between stuttering and a deficit of β EEG spectral power.

In this study, the investigators will research the efficacy of a novel auditory neuro modulating technology that leverages euphonic music tracks with broad-spectrum binaural beats to induce selective EEG spectral power changes. Participants are adults with stuttering and without speech disfluencies from the control group will expose to euphonic binaural stimuli for 5 minutes. The brain electrical activity patterns (EEG) and ECG bio-signals will record prior to, during, and after exposure.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults with stuttering (stammering) symptoms;

Exclusion criteria

• Hearing disabilities;
• Applying other drugs or devices simultaneously;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

ZOV.ai digital therapy candidate

Experimental group

Description:

The arm will use a novel auditory neuro modulating technology that leverages euphonic music tracks with broad-spectrum binaural beats to induce selective EEG spectral power changes to improve stuttering symptoms. The total length of the audio stimuli is 5 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: ZOV.ai digital therapy candidate