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Investigating Motor Training In People Who Stutter Using Fnirs, Kristen Michelle Johnson
Investigating Motor Training In People Who Stutter Using Fnirs, Kristen Michelle Johnson
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
This pilot study investigated motor learning and neuroplasticity in persons who do and do not stutter before and after participation in a phonation onset training protocol. Outcomes included phonation onset time and percent change in oxygenation level of hemoglobin using fNIRS in prescribed brain areas as a result of training. The authors hypothesized that people who stutter (PWS) would 1) exhibit a breakdown in auditory perception to motor production interactions, 2) demonstrate a difference in the way in which they perceive and learn motor information compared to someone who does not stutter (nPWS), and 3) exhibit reduced brain activity correlations …