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If you stutter or if your child stutters, you can make an important and valuable contribution to the scientific understanding of stuttering.

Researchers in the Laboratory for Speech Physiology and Motor Control in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Connecticut are conducting several studies that may result in new scientific knowledge about the problems involved in stuttering. Participating in any of these projects provides a wonderful opportunity to make a contribution that may benefit all individuals who stutter.

We are currently recruiting children to participate in our studies in Storrs (CT) and adults to participate in our studies in Storrs or New Haven (CT). All participants receive financial compensation and free speech, language, and hearing testing. Children also receive a small book or toy.

Children between the ages of 3 and 9, if eligible, will be invited to complete tasks such as speaking into a microphone while wearing earphones, listening to tones while wearing a cap with sensors that record the brain's responses to those tones (see top picture on the left), or pointing to visual targets with a small movement sensor taped to the finger (see middle picture on the left). Click here to download a brochure that describes the projects in which children can participate.

Adults between the ages of 18 and 50, if eligible, will be invited to complete tasks such as speaking into a microphone while wearing earphones, speaking with small movement sensors attached to the lips, jaw, and tongue (see bottom picture on the left), or speaking while lying in an fMRI scanner at Haskins Laboratories/Yale University.

If you want more information about any of these studies, or if you want to find out if you or your child are eligible to participate, please contact Dr. Ludo Max by e-mail () or telephone (860-486-2630). Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Click here for more detailed information about this research group at the University of Connecticut.