N/A
N=56
Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03238677 ↗Enrolled (actual)
56
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Speech Sound Accuracy — 54.1; 32.5; 26.8; 42.1 Percent correct — p=.132
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Speech Motor Chaining without Biofeedback (Behavioral); Biofeedback (Behavioral); Distributed Practice (Behavioral); Massed --> Distributed Practice (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric · 9+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Syracuse University
- Primary completion
- May 2022
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Speech Sound Accuracy |
54.1; 32.5; 26.8; 42.1; 32.50; 43.0 | .132 |
Summary
The study will test two modifications to speech therapy for 40 school-age children with childhood apraxia of speech to determine how to improve treatment outcomes. The study will compare treatment that includes real-time visual feedback of the tongue during speech using ultrasound vs traditional therapy that does not include ultrasound visual feedback. Additionally, some children will be treated with a traditional schedule of 2 sessions per week, whereas others will be provided with treatment that begins with intensive training (10 hours of therapy in one week) and progresses to a more distributed treatment schedule.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Native English speakers who hear English as the dominant language in their home setting.
- Must pass a hearing screening.
- Score at or better than -2 standard deviations from the mean on the Matrix Reasoning Task of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - 2nd Edition (WASI-2; t-score ≥ 30), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - 4th Edition (PPVT-4; standard score ≥ 70), and the Following Directions subtest of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - 5th Edition (CELF-5; scaled score ≥ 3).
- Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation - 3rd Edition (GFTA-3) percentile ≤ 5th).
- A diagnosis of CAS will be verified based on a polysyllable picture naming task, diadochokinetic task (puh-tuh-kuh), and syllable repetition task.
Exclusion Criteria
- Parent report or direct evaluation reveals oral-facial structural abnormalities (e.g., cleft palate).
- Parental report of neurobehavioral disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder), or vision problems that are corrected with glasses/contacts.
- Fail a hearing screening, or failure to meet criteria listed above as Inclusionary
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03238677). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.