Effect of Infant Sign Training on Speech-language Development
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Conditions studied: Cleft Palate Children
In brief
Children born with a cleft lip and palate (CLP) are known to be at risk for speech-language disorders that impact academic and social emotional growth. Even at very young ages (\<3 years), speech-language disorders are already observed. It is hypothesized that speech-language intervention delivered before the age of 3 years old could decrease the impact of CLP on speech-language development. This would result in a decreased need for speech-language therapy on the long-term and a reduced burden of care on children, families and health services. However, no evidence is yet available to support any specific model of early speech-language intervention in this population. Consequently, no standardized clinical practice guidelines are available yet. Symbolic gesture training in combination with verbal input expands the natural communication of young children including multimodal speech-language input (i.e., verbal and manual input) via caregivers who act as co-therapists. To contribute to the evidence-based practice in the field of cleft speech therapy, this research project aims to determine the effectiveness and feasibility of symbolic gesture training in one-year old children with CLP by comparing different intervention approaches based on perceptual, psychosocial and qualitative outcome measures.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06143254
- Run by
- University Hospital, Ghent
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2023-11-09
- Expected to finish
- 2027-10-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-01-30
Who can join
Age: 1 and older, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Born with cleft palate (with or without cleft lip)
- Having Dutch as mother tongue
You may not qualify if…
- syndromic cleft
- more than mild hearing loss (i.e. > 40dB hearing threshold bilaterally)
- neurosensory hearing loss
- cognitive delay
- motor delay
Where it is running
- Ghent University Hospital — Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium (enrolling)
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