Ultrasound Biofeedback for Speech Sound Disorders

NCT01905449 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: 1303011662
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 35
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Children with speech sound disorders will receive speech therapy using real-time images of the tongue from ultrasound. These images will be used to cue the child to change the tongue position when producing speech sounds.

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percent correct for target speech sound

  Change in accuracy after 7 one-hour treatment sessions (3.5 weeks), and after 14 one-hour treatment sessions (7 weeks)

Study Arms (2)

Ultrasound plus prosodic cues

EXPERIMENTAL

One sound in error is treated with ultrasound visual feedback while also cueing prosodic variation (7 one-hour sessions). Another sound in error is treated with the ultrasound visual feedback with no prosodic variation (7 one-hour sessions). Prosodic variations are cues to coordinate production of the target sound with intonation patterns such as questions (rising intonations), commands (loud/emphatic), or statements (neutral)

Behavioral: Ultrasound visual feedback

Ultrasound vs Traditional treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

One sound in errors is treated with ultrasound visual feedback for approximately half of each session and traditional treatment for half of the session (7 one-hour sessions). Another sound in error is treated with no ultrasound visual feedback, using traditional treatment for the entire session (7 one-hour sessions). These traditional cues include verbal instructions on how to move the tongue to achieve a particular speech sound.

Behavioral: Ultrasound visual feedback

Interventions

Ultrasound visual feedback BEHAVIORAL

Real-time visual displays of the tongue are used to cue participants to modify the tongue position/shape as they articulate speech sounds

Ultrasound plus prosodic cues; Ultrasound vs Traditional treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be native English-speaking children with no known hearing or vision deficits. Participants must be within the specified age range and have been identified as having speech production difficulties by a local speech-language therapist.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will be excluded if there is a history of oral structural impairment (e.g., cleft palate), hearing or vision impairment, history of neurological impairment or injury, developmental disabilities such as Down Syndrome or Autism, or intellectual disability.
• During initial testing, participants must score below a standard score of 75 on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 and also score below 20% accurate on a probe list of words assessing accuracy of the /r/ sound

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Haskins Laboratories

New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communication Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Jonathan Preston, PhD

  Haskins Laboratories

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2013
• First Posted: July 23, 2013
• Study Start: May 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: July 1, 2016
• Last Updated: April 3, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04

Locations

US (1)