Efficacy of an Intervention for the Children With Severe Speech Sounds Disorders

NCT03700151 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: KPF18HLF26
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Speech sound disorders (SSDs) is one type of communication problems in children. It is a board term describing different difficulties that impact speech intelligibility. There are different types of SSDs, including motor-based disorders (e.g., dysarthria and childhood apraxia of speech \[CAS\]), structurally based disorders (e.g., cleft-palate), syndrome/condition-related disorders (e.g., Down), sensory-based conditions (e.g., hearing loss), and idiopathic in nature. Among different types of SSDs in children, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a type of motor speech disorders with symptom complex, and is always considered as severe SSDs if objective measurement of severity, percentage of consonant correct (PCC) is applied. Evidence of different intervention approaches of CAS and SSDs have been obtained from English-speaking children. This is unknown if these approaches can be applied to languages which are different from English in terms of the sound inventory and prosody. A treatment program for Cantonese-speaking children with childhood apraxia of speech was studied. Preliminary positive findings were obtained from two participants in an ABA single-case study. With the preliminary positive data, a higher level of evidence could be obtained from group study. The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the proposed intervention for children with severe SSDs by quasi-experimental design.

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorder; Apraxia of Speech; Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percent correct for target speech sounds

  6 weeks treatment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Speech intelligibility

  6 weeks treatment

Study Arms (1)

Children with SSD

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive a piloted treatment programme for children with severe speech sound disorders, especially childhood apraxia of speech.

Behavioral: Treatment for Children with Severe Speech Sound Disorders

Interventions

Treatment for Children with Severe Speech Sound Disorders BEHAVIORAL

The intervention has two tasks, including syllable repetition tasks which requires participants to repeat nonsense syllables, and training of vocabulary or phrase with the application of Principle of Motor Learning.

Children with SSD

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• \- Aged between 3 to 18 Cantonese as the main language input No oral structural abnormality No hearing loss No diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders No major behavioural problem

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorder; Apraxias

Interventions

Therapeutics

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communication Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders; Psychomotor Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Central Study Contacts

Eddy CH WONG, MPhil

CONTACT

852 39435905; eddychwong@ent.cuhk.edu.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Model Details: A group of 20 participants with severe speech sound disorders will receive the proposed intervention. Pre- and post-test data will be collected to study the treatment efficacy

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2018
• First Posted: October 9, 2018
• Study Start: October 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: October 30, 2019
• Last Updated: June 26, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)