Spartan Stuttering Lab Research

The Spartan Stuttering Laboratory conducts research on the experience of stuttering and cluttering. Our work is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and Michigan State University. We are grateful for their support. We are also grateful for our ongoing partnership with Dr. Seth Tichenor and the Life Impact of Speech and Stuttering Lab at Duquesne University. 

Our primary goals are to better understand the adverse impact that stuttering and cluttering can have on people’s lives and to identify ways of reducing that burden. If you are a person who stutters, a person who clutters, a caregiver, or a speech-language pathologist, please help us in our work. Click on the links below to participate in our studies.

Thank you!

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People Who Stutter

Much of our work is focused on the life experiences of people who stutter. Our primary study, “Stuttering in the Real World” aims to collect the largest-ever speech samples of people communicating in their everyday situations. Other studies involve surveys and questionnaires designed to improve our understanding of factors that affect the quality of life of people who stutter. Clicking on the links below will take you directly to the consent form for the studies, so that you can learn more and decide whether you wish to participate.

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Stuttering in the Real World
Help us collect the largest-ever speech samples of people who stutter as they communicate in their everyday lives.

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Experiences of Variability
Everyone knows that stuttering varies, but we need to know more about how people cope with  everyday ups and downs.

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Stuttering Mindsets
People's thoughts about stuttering can affect how they react. This study examiners whether a brief "mindset intervention" affects readiness for change.

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HeardAI: Voice AI for Stuttering
Current speech recognition systems create barriers for people who stutter. Help HeardAI create Voice AI that understands stuttered speech! 

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Understanding Severity
Help us evaluate a new measure of stuttering severity that is based on the experiences of speakers, not the perceptions of listeners.

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Resilience in People Who Stutter
Some people are less negatively affected by stuttering than others. Help us understand factors that make some people more resilient.

People Who Clutter, Speech-Language Pathologists, Caregivers, and Everyone Else

Although the majority of our work focuses on people who stutter, we are also conducting studies on the experiences of people who clutter, as well as on the various situations where people who do not stutter speak. Also, some of our work has been translated to other languages, so that we can gain knowledge from a diverse, global audience. Clicking on the links below will take you directly to the consent form for the studies, so that you can learn more and decide whether you wish to participate.

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Overall Assessment of the
Speaker's Experience of Cluttering
If you are a person who clutters, we want to learn from you! Please join in the largest-ever survey of the experiences of cluttering.

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In What Situations
Do People Talk?
If you are not a person who stutters or clutters, we want to learn from you, too! Tell us about all of the situations where you talk.

Prior Research

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Thanks to your invaluable contributions, we have published numerous studies on the experience of stuttering. Here are some of our recent papers directly related to this work:

For more information, please contact us at info@stutteringlab.msu.edu.