Beatboxing and Residual Speech Errors

NCT03972449 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: DuquesneR21MusicHealth
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This project will study the effect of practicing speech sounds via beatboxing on speech accuracy, engagement in therapy, and functional outcomes for older children and adolescents with speech sound disorders (SSDs). Though SSDs exhibited by young children are often considered, SSDs are among the most frequent communication disorders in school-aged and adolescent children. SSDs can persist until adulthood. Individuals exhibit residual speech errors (RSE) when speech sounds are produced incorrectly after the age of eight, the age at which speech production is expected to be error-free. Common RSE include /r/, /s/, and /z/, all of which have high frequency in American English. Beatboxing is a unique manipulation of the speech mechanism in which the individual creates repetitive, percussive and other instrumental sounds by actually being the instrument. Beatboxing is engaging and increasingly found in a variety of musical contexts and mainstream culture. The broad objective of this investigation is to explore the impact of beatboxing as an intervention tool on the speech produced and the functional outcomes attained by children with RSE compared to a traditional articulation therapy approach.The effect of a beatboxing intervention approach (BEAT-Speech) will be compared to traditional articulation therapy and employs a two-group pretest-posttest design. Specifically, the research aims to 1) assess the impact of beatboxing on speech sound production accuracy and amount of targets produced during therapy; 2) examine the relative level of client engagement of individuals exposed to beatboxing intervention; and 3) explore influences of beatboxing experiences on communication, activities, and participation in social and daily interactions.

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Speech sound accuracy: dichotomous ratings

  rated by naive, blinded raters

  within two years

• Speech sound accuracy: visual analog scale ratings

  rated by naive, blinded raters, will mark accuracy on a scale from 0-100 mm (not at all accurate to completely accurate). There is no formal name to this scale at this time given that it is novel to the study.

  within two years

• Phonetic accuracy

  % of consonants correct determined by phonetic transcription completed by trained transcribers

  within two years

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• therapeutic engagement level

  within two years

• Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating

  within two years

• Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Rating Scale

  within two years

• PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) Pediatric Peer Relationship Scale

  within two years

• Adolescent Communication Questionnaire

  within two years

Study Arms (2)

Beatboxing: BEAT-Speech

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: BEAT-Speech

Traditional Articulation Approach

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Traditional Articulation Approach

Interventions

BEAT-Speech BEHAVIORAL

BEAT-Speech integrates beatboxing techniques within speech-therapy services for individuals with speech sound disorders.

Beatboxing: BEAT-Speech

Traditional Articulation Approach BEHAVIORAL

The traditional approach to treating speech sound disorders focus on one or two sounds at a time until they are mastered by the client. Perceptual and production training are used with target starting at simple (isolation) and moving to more complex (sentences). A variety of cues such as shaping and phonetic placement cues are used.

Traditional Articulation Approach

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosed with a speech sound disorder due to residual speech sound errors

You may not qualify if:

• out of age range
• history of hearing, neurogenic, behavioral diagnoses that can contribute to speech disorder
• English is not first or preferred language
• concurrent treatment for speech goals

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duquesne University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communication Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 27, 2019
• First Posted: June 3, 2019
• Study Start: May 5, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 15, 2025
• Study Completion: December 15, 2025
• Last Updated: March 10, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share