An fMRI study on the effectiveness of self-modeling treatment for stuttering

• Project/Area Number: 25750247
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
• Principal Investigator: Chu Shin Ying 国立障害者リハビリテーションセンター(研究所), 研究所 感覚機能系障害研究部, 客員研究員 (50633252)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 吃音 / 客観・主観評価 / 治療 / 訓練 / fMRI

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A home-based video self-modeling (VSM) treatment was developed and implemented in 10 adults who stutter (AWS). This VSM treatment provides an opportunity for adults who stutter to recognize their ability to speak fluently. Findings showed that the VSM treatment affects their thoughts and beliefs about stuttering, their communication attitudes, and reactions to different speech situations toward a more positive manner. Second findings from this study showed that AWS and controls showed different brain activation areas during word reading aloud. ASW showed lack of activation in Broca’s area and superior temporal gyri, and an increased activation of the cerebellum area. This additional recruitment of the cerebellum may act as a “compensatory” way to produce fluent speech.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Perspectives on Video Self-Modeling Intervention in Adults Who Stutter (2015)
  • Author(s): Chu Shin Ying, 酒井 奈緒美, 小倉（青木） 淳, 森 浩一
  • Journal Title: The Japan Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Volume: 56 Issue: 1 Pages: 20-29
  • DOI: 10.5112/jjlp.56.20
  • NAID: 130005063254
  • ISSN: 0030-2813, 1884-3646
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Standardization of the Japanese Version of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering for Adults (OASES-A) (2015)
  • Author(s): 酒井 奈緒美, 小倉（青木） 淳, 森 浩一, Chu Shin Ying, 坂田 善政
  • Journal Title: The Japan Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Volume: 56 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11
  • DOI: 10.5112/jjlp.56.1
  • NAID: 130005063255
  • ISSN: 0030-2813, 1884-3646
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] An overview of managing stuttering in Japan. (2014)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Naomi, S, Aoki, J, Mori, K.
  • Journal Title: American Journal of Speech-Language-Pathology Volume: 23 ((4) Issue: 4 Pages: 742-52
  • DOI: 10.1044/2014_ajslp-13-0085
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Video self-modeling intervention implications on social anxiety disorder in adults who stutter (2013)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Naomi, S, Aoki, J, Mori, K.
  • Journal Title: The IEICE Report Volume: 113 (283) Pages: 25-30
  • NAID: 110009889521
• [Presentation] 吃音のある成人一事例へのビデオセルフモデリングの導入 (2015)
  • Author(s): 酒井奈緒美、森浩一、Chu Shin Ying
  • Organizer: 日本認知・行動療法学会第41回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センタ、仙台
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-02
• [Presentation] The Japanese version of the OASES-A: Translation and psychometric evaluation (2015)
  • Author(s): Sakai, N, Chu, SY, Mori, K, & Yaruss, JS.
  • Organizer: The 8th World Congress on Fluency Disorders
  • Place of Presentation: Catholic University, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-06
• [Presentation] Psychometric Evaluation of the Japanese Unhelpful Thoughts, Beliefs, and Anxiety about Stuttering. (2014)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Sakai, N, Mori, K, Ide, N, & Iverach, L.
  • Organizer: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Place of Presentation: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-20 – 2014-11-22
• [Presentation] Neural activation of reading words aloud in adults who stutter (2014)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Ogura, J, Wada, M, Mori, K, & Ochi, K.
  • Organizer: The 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
  • Place of Presentation: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-15 – 2014-11-19
• [Presentation] Cerebral blood response for speech production in inferior prefrontal cortex (2014)
  • Author(s): Ogura, J, Chu, SY, Rongna, A, Ochi, K, & Mori, K.
  • Organizer: The 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
  • Place of Presentation: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-15 – 2014-11-19
• [Presentation] 脳領域ごとのアライメントを取ったNIRSデータのグループ解析方法 (2014)
  • Author(s): 青木淳、Chu Shin Ying、越智景子、阿栄娜、森浩一
  • Organizer: 第17回日本光脳機能イメージング学会
  • Place of Presentation: 星陵会館、東京
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-26
• [Presentation] 吃音のある成人のコミュニケーション態度：改訂版エリクソン・コミュニケーション態度尺度（S-24）による調査 (2014)
  • Author(s): 酒井奈緒美, チュウシンイン, 森浩一, 餅田亜希子, 北條具仁, 坂田善政
  • Organizer: 第15回日本言語聴覚学会
  • Place of Presentation: 大宮ソニックシティ、大宮
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-28 – 2014-06-29
• [Presentation] Evaluation of video self-modeling for individuals who stutter: a survey (2013)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Sakai, N, Aoki, J, Mori, K.
  • Organizer: Japanese Association of Communication Disorders
  • Place of Presentation: Sophia University (Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku)
• [Presentation] Integration of self-report thoughts and beliefs about stuttering with the video self-modeling intervention in adults who stutter (2013)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Naomi, S, Aoki, J, Mori, K.
  • Organizer: Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
  • Place of Presentation: Kochi City Culture-Plaza CUL-PORT (Kochi-ken, Kochi-shi)
• [Presentation] Short-term outcomes of the video self-modeling treatment for adults who stutter (2013)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Naomi, S, Aoki, J, Nishikido, A, Sakata, Y, & Mori, K.
  • Organizer: 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech-Language, and Hearing
  • Place of Presentation: Nan Shan Education and Training Center (Taichong,Taiwan)
• [Presentation] Video self-modeling intervention implications on social anxiety disorder in adults who stutter (2013)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY, Naomi, S, Aoki, J, Mori, K.
  • Organizer: Human Communication Science Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka University (Osaka-fu, Toyonaka-shi)
• [Book] A Call for Biomechanics to Understand Hypotonia and Speech Movement Disorders in Down Syndrome, Advances in Communication Disorder (2016)
  • Author(s): Chu, SY., Barlow, SM.
  • Publisher: Avid Science Publications, Telangana, India