Executive Function Performance in Children Who Stutter

Sohag University45 enrolled

Overview

The study aims to asses the executive function in children who stutter for better management of those children

It is a case control study which will be done on 30 child who stutter and 15 normal child as a control group. Executive function testing will be done using computerized program called PEPL . Also, total intelligence quation(IQ) , verbal IQ, non verbal IQ will be assessed in both groups. stuttering severity will be assessed in case group.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Stuttering, Childhood Executive Dysfunction

Interventions

Executive function testingDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Assessment of executive function subdivision

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 7 YearsMax age: 15 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient and volunteers age between 7 years and 15 years. 2. IQ ≥ 85. Exclusion Criteria: * History of secondary stuttering. * Language impairment and other speech problem. * Concurrent or history of psychiatric, cognitive, neurological disorders or hearing impairment.

Locations (1)

Rasha Mohamed Hashem

Sohag, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

PEPL numerical stroop test

Using the Psychological Experimental Building Language (PEBL) current version 2.1 released at 2018 (Muller \& Piper, 2014). The test measuring inhibitory function It asses the reaction time in seconds, the total numbers of errors ranging between 0-200

Time frame: one year

Cognitive flexibility function (sub-division of executive function testing)

PEPL Berg's Card Sorting Test 64 version of Berg's (1948) Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. The child is asked to sort multi-attribute cards into piles according to an unknown and changing rule. It provides an indication of which rule (shape, color or number) is easiest for the individual. It aims to asses Number of Correct Responses: ranging between 0-64 Number of Total Errors ranging between 0-64 Percent of Perseverative Responses Percent of Perseverative Errors Percent of Non-Perseverative Errors Number of Unique Errors

Time frame: one year

Working memory score

Sub-test of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition (SB5) The score ranging between 40-130

Time frame: one year

Secondary Outcomes

Non word Repetation score(Fawzy et al., 2012)

To test the working memory abilities. the child is asked to repeat a number of non sense words. The score ranges between 0 to 30

Time frame: one year

Backward digit span score (Aboras et al., 2008)

It test the working memory. The child is asked to retell a number of digit in backward manner. The score ranges between 0 to 14.

Time frame: one year

Central Contacts

Rasha Mo Hashem, Assistant lecture

CONTACT

01061966022 rasha.hashem@med.sohag.edu.eg

Eman M Mostafa, lectural

CONTACT

01029945463 rody.saif87@yahoo.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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