The Study of Telehealth Intervention for children who stutter

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K01466
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Kitasato University
• Principal Investigator: Hara Yuki 北里大学, 医療衛生学部, 准教授 (50276185)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 水戸 陽子 北里大学, 医療衛生学部, 助教 (70721984) ; 東川 麻里 北里大学, 医療衛生学部, 准教授 (20509103)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 吃音 / 遠隔セラピ― / リッカムプログラム / メール相談

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to implement a Lidcombe program using ZOOM for 5 stuttering infants who were unable to make frequent visits to the hospital due to distance or their parents' jobs. prior to COVID-19. Only one of the five cases was able to complete the program as planned. The main problems were unfamiliarity with ICT technology and instability. The time of stuttering resolution (transition to Stage 2) for the completed cases was 43 weeks, which was slightly longer than the principal investigator's face-to-face implementation with stuttering toddlers of approximately the same age (19-32 weeks).

Free Research Field

吃音

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

居住地や仕事の関係で頻回に来室することが困難な吃音のある子供と保護者は多い。本研究は、テレコミュニケーションを用いた遠隔セラピーが対面セラピーと同様に実現可能であることを立証した。課題は、安定した通信環境と、情報通信機器の操作への慣れであった。COVID-19以来、一般市民も活用しやすいICT機器やソフトが普及し、遠隔セラピーに対する導入のしやすさは一層増し、吃音のある親子に必要な介入が可能となることが期待される。