Study of Brain Activity During Speech Production and Speech Perception

NCT00004991 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 00009500-N-0095
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 411
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the brain's activity and organization in the development of speech disorders. It will compare brain activity in people with normal speech development with those who stutter or who have a phonological disorder (a deficit in how the brain processes speech sounds). Stuttering and phonological disorders emerge during the critical period of speech development between 2.5 and 12 years of age. During this period, the brain is much more adaptable for speech development than it is after puberty. This study will examine how the brain organization for speech production and perception develops normally during the critical period and how the normal pattern is altered when stuttering and phonological disorders become chronic problems, persisting throughout life. Volunteer adults and children with and without speech disorders may participate in this study. Eligibility screening will include a brief neurological and physical examination and tests to determine normal speech or a speech disorder. The speech testing will be videotaped. The subject will speak aloud, describe pictures, recall words or numbers, imitate speech sounds and words, and perform some listening tests. Study participants will undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study brain activity. For this procedure, the subject lies on a stretcher that is moved into a donut-shaped machine with a strong magnetic field. During the MRI scan, the subject will perform simple tasks, such as listening to speech or other sounds and saying nonsense words. The procedure should take less than 60 minutes, and usually takes from 20 to 40 minutes.

Conditions

Developmental Articulation Disorder; Stuttering

Keywords

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Stuttering; Speech Perception; Speech Production; Phonology; Development; Motor Control; Neural Networks; Phonological Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• To address the 15 hypotheses formulated for this research, several subject groups will be studied. The functional activation patterns of normal right-handed adults will be compared with normally developing right-handed children and adolescents (ages 6-17) during tasks involving speech segmentation (into phonemes) and speech formulation. All will be native speakers of American English without foreign language use in the home. Corresponding subject groups will be adults and children with stuttering or phonological processing disorders who are right-handed native speakers of American English. Our aim will be to determine how brain function for speech perception and production change during completion of the critical period for speech development and how these systems differ in children with disorders of speech control and phonology who continue to have problems during this period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): lead

Study Sites (1)

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Wise R, Chollet F, Hadar U, Friston K, Hoffner E, Frackowiak R. Distribution of cortical neural networks involved in word comprehension and word retrieval. Brain. 1991 Aug;114 ( Pt 4):1803-17. doi: 10.1093/brain/114.4.1803.

  PMID: 1884179 BACKGROUND

• Klein D, Milner B, Zatorre RJ, Meyer E, Evans AC. The neural substrates underlying word generation: a bilingual functional-imaging study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Mar 28;92(7):2899-903. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.7.2899.

  PMID: 7708745 BACKGROUND

• Muller RA, Behen ME, Rothermel RD, Muzik O, Chakraborty PK, Chugani HT. Brain organization for language in children, adolescents, and adults with left hemisphere lesion: a PET study. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1999 May;23(4):657-68. doi: 10.1016/s0278-5846(99)00024-x.

  PMID: 10390724 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Articulation Disorders; Stuttering; Speech Sound Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Speech Disorders; Language Disorders; Communication Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 18, 2000
• First Posted: March 20, 2000
• Study Start: March 14, 2000
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2009
• Last Updated: July 2, 2017

Record last verified: 2009-08-31

Locations

US (1)