Treatment for /s/ Production Errors in Children With Speech Sound Errors
ConditionSpeech Sound Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-11
SponsorSyracuse University
About this trial
We want to learn about a new way to help people make the /s/ sound, like in the word "snake." We will be studying a way to teach the /s/ sound that uses very short speech sessions. This study will also collect recordings from people as they say words with the /s/ sound. We will listen to these recordings and check if the words are said clearly.
In the first visit, we'll do a speech lesson on how to make a clear
/s/ sound. We will also have the participant say some words while we record them talking. If they are a good fit for the study, we will invite them to do a second visit. In the second visit, they will name some pictures, answer some questions, repeat words and sentences, and do some mouth movements. After the second visit, if they are a good fit for the study, we will invite them to do the speech lessons. The speech lessons will each take 10 minutes, and they will have lessons 4 times a week for 8 weeks. They will do these lessons on video chat. They will be randomized to either start right away or after 8 weeks. We'll also ask them to participate in 3 other visits to track progress by having them repeat words with /s/.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age: Participants must be between the ages of 7;0 and 11;11.
/s/ Errors: Participants must experience difficulty on /s/.
English Language Status: Participants must speak English as a dominant language and must have begun learning English before age 3
Hearing Status: Participants must have no reported hearing loss.
Disqualifiers
1. Age: Participants less than 7;0 or greater than 11;11. 2. /s/ Errors: Participants who do not experience difficulty on /s/. 3. English Language Status: Participants who do not speak English as a dominant language and/or who began learning English prior to age 3 4. Hearing Status: Participants who have reported hearing loss, per parent report.
Trial design
Design model
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Motor-based speech treatment
BehavioralSpeech Motor Chaining (Preston, Leece \& Storto, 2019) will be used to guide structured practice and random practice on speech sounds. A web-based platform (chaining.syr.edu) will be used to guide aspects of the treatment (feedback type, feedback frequency, stimulus complexity, variability). Treatment will occur in 10 minute sessions via teletherapy.
Treatment groups
24 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Treatment FirstExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Wait first, then treatExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Listener judgments of correctness of /s/ sound
Children will imitate syllables and words containing the /s/ sound. Listeners who are masked to treatment condition and timepoint will listen to recordings of these words and rate the accuracy along a 5 point scale, where 1 is incorrect (speech sound omission or substitution) and 5 is fully correct /s/.
Time frame
From enrollment to after 8 weeksSecondary outcomes
1
Listener judgments of correctness of /s/ sound
Children will imitate syllables and words containing the /s/ sound. Listeners who are masked to treatment condition and timepoint will listen to recordings of these words and rate the accuracy along a 5 point scale, where 1 is incorrect (speech sound omission or substitution) and 5 is fully correct /s/.
Time frame
From enrollment to after 16 weeksSponsors and contacts
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