Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Childhood Apraxia of Speech
In brief
The study will test two modifications to speech therapy for 40 school-age children with childhood apraxia of speech to determine how to improve treatment outcomes. The study will compare treatment that includes real-time visual feedback of the tongue during speech using ultrasound vs traditional therapy that does not include ultrasound visual feedback. Additionally, some children will be treated with a traditional schedule of 2 sessions per week, whereas others will be provided with treatment that begins with intensive training (10 hours of therapy in one week) and progresses to a more distributed treatment schedule.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03238677
- Run by
- Syracuse University
- People needed
- 56
- Starts
- 2017-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2022-06-07
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-06-22
Who can join
Age: 9 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Native English speakers who hear English as the dominant language in their home setting.
- Must pass a hearing screening.
- Score at or better than -2 standard deviations from the mean on the Matrix Reasoning Task of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - 2nd Edition (WASI-2; t-score ≥ 30), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - 4th Edition (PPVT-4; standard score ≥ 70), and the Following Directions subtest of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - 5th Edition (CELF-5; scaled score ≥ 3).
- Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation - 3rd Edition (GFTA-3) percentile ≤ 5th).
- A diagnosis of CAS will be verified based on a polysyllable picture naming task, diadochokinetic task (puh-tuh-kuh), and syllable repetition task.
You may not qualify if…
- Parent report or direct evaluation reveals oral-facial structural abnormalities (e.g., cleft palate).
- Parental report of neurobehavioral disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder), or vision problems that are corrected with glasses/contacts.
- Fail a hearing screening, or failure to meet criteria listed above as Inclusionary
Where it is running
- Syracuse University — Syracuse, New York, United States
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