Suppression in the occurrence of stuttering due to current stimulation

1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 08671957
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Otorhinolaryngology
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: NOTOYA Masako Kanazawa University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology. Assistant, 医学部・耳鼻咽喉科学, 助手 (30262570)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FURUKAWA Mitsuru Kanazawa University, Department of otorhinolaryngology. Professor, 医学部・耳鼻咽喉科学, 教授 (40092803)
• Project Period (FY): 1996 – 1998
• Keywords: stuttering / current stimulation

Research Abstract

This study evaluates the effectiveness of interferential current stimulation to decrease stuttering symptoms. Three patients with chronic stuttering participated in this study. Inferential current stimulation was tried on the most severe patient of the three. The subject received 2 trials of interferential current stimulation on his larynx, and 2 trials of interferential current stimulation to his arm, and two trials of no current stimulation to his larynx. Stuttering symptoms decreased only for inferential current stimulation to his larynx.
It is concluded that for chronic stuttering patients inferential current stimulation to their larynxes will decrease severe chronic stuttering.