Speech Intervention Via Telepractice for Children With Repaired Cleft Palate
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-11
SponsorTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center
About this trial
The goal of this interventional study is to see if online speech therapy works just as well as face-to-face speech therapy in children with cleft palate. The main purposes are:
To compare the speech accuracy of target sounds in words produced by children with cleft palate between online and face-to-face speech therapy.
To compare the gain in speech accuracy in sentences produced by children with cleft palate between online and face-to-face speech therapy.
To assess whether changes in speech intelligibility are perceived by parents. To explore what kinds of factors influence speech accuracy. To explore speech training accuracy and speech understandability training accuracy during speech therapy sessions in children with CP
Participants will participate in 30-minute speech intervention sessions twice a week for 10 weeks, either in-person or online.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Within the ages 5;0 and 11;11 (years; months) at enrollment and for enrollment duration
Having normal hearing based on a pure-tone hearing screening at 20 dB HL bilaterally at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000Hz. Children with a history of hearing loss or children who currently are properly equipped with amplification will be included if they pass the hearing screening
Having typical nonverbal IQ, language, and socioemotional function as determined by a T-score with no more than -1.5 SD from the mean on Kauffman Brief Intelligence Test-2 (KBIT-2), receptive language of Clinical Evaluation Language Fundamentals-5 (CELF-5 Core Language), and Childhood Autism Rating Scale-2 (CARS-2)
Having a speech sound disorder as determined by a score ≤ 30th percentile on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3)
Disqualifiers
Demonstrates a medically diagnosed sensory or neurological disorder based on parents' report
Presents with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) due to structural anomalies or an oronasal fistula
English is not the primary language spoken at home. Bilingual children will not be excluded.
Children who do not demonstrate cleft speech characteristics.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Speech therapy via teleprace
- Face-to-face speech therapy
Treatment groups
64 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov