Intensive Speech Motor Chaining Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders
ConditionSpeech Sound Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age9-17
SponsorSyracuse University
About this trial
The goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to compare distributed treatment schedules and intensive treatment schedules in 84 school-age children with residual speech sound disorders. The main question it aims to answer is:
* How does intensive and distributed treatment affect speech sound learning in residual speech sound disorder?
Some participants will be treated with a traditional Distributed schedule of 2 sessions per weeks for 8 weeks (16 hours total), whereas others will be treated with an Intensive schedule and will complete 16 hours of treatment in 4 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Must speak American English as a dominant language.
Must have began learning English by at least the age of 3 years.
Must be between 9;0 to 17;11 years of age.
Must have reported difficulty with /ɹ/ and/or /s/ production
Disqualifiers
Must have no known history of autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, permanent hearing loss, or brain injury.
Must not have current cleft palate or voice disorder.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Speech Motor Chaining
Treatment groups
84 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Syracuse University
Lead sponsor
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Collaborator
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
Collaborator
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov