About this trial
Using a single-case multiple baseline across participants design, this study aims to explore the effectiveness of parent-implemented Broad Treatment Speech Recast supplemented with traditional clinician-led articulation therapy on speech production in elementary-aged deaf and hard of hearing children.
To address these objectives, the following research questions will be investigated:
1. Does drill-based articulation therapy, administered by a speech-language pathologist, improve speech sound production in DHH children when parent-implemented BTSR is concurrently utilized at home? 2. Does the combination of parent-implemented BTSR and clinician-led traditional articulation therapy result in generalization of speech sound accuracy at the conversation level?
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age 4;0-9;11
Permanent, prelingual sensorineural hearing loss
Uses spoken English as their primary home language (≥ 51% of the time)
Standard score ≥70 on the Leiter
Disqualifiers
Motor speech disorder (e.g., childhood apraxia of speech)
Oral structural functional disorder (e.g., cleft palate)
Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
Diagnosis of ADHD
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Broad Target Speech Recast
- Traditional Speech Therapy