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Visual-acoustic Intervention With Service Delivery In-person and Via Telepractice Trial

RecruitingPhase 2Ages 9 Years - 17 YearsFemaleNew York University
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Children with speech sound disorder show diminished intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable than peers, with negative consequences for both socioemotional and socioeconomic outcomes. New technologies have the potential to transform interventions for speech sound disorder, but there is a lack of rigorous evidence to substantiate this promise. This research will meet a public health need by systematically evaluating the efficacy of visual-acoustic biofeedback intervention delivered in-person versus via telepractice. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that treatment incorporating visual-acoustic biofeedback can be delivered via telepractice without a significant loss of efficacy. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive identical treatment either via online telepractice or in the laboratory setting. The same software for

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Must be between 9;0 and 17;11 (years;months) old at the time of enrollment. * Must speak English as the dominant or equally dominant language * Must have begun learning English by age 3, per parent report. * Must hear a rhotic dialect of English from at least one speaker in the home if the home language is English. * Must pass a pure-tone hearing screening. * Must pass a brief examination of oral structure and function. * Must exhibit less than thirty percent accuracy, based on trained listener ratings, on a probe list eliciting /r/ in various phonetic contexts at the word level. * Must demonstrate age-appropriate receptive and expressive language abilities on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-5 (CELF-5). * Must have access to a laptop or desktop computer for study sessions in the event of randomization to the telepractice condition. * Must have home wifi sufficient to support video calls in the event of randomization to the telepractice condition. Exclusion Criteria: * Must not exhibit voice or fluency disorder of a severity judged likely to interfere with the ability to participate in study activities. * Must not currently have orthodontia that crosses the palate and cannot be removed. * Must not have history of permanent hearing loss. * Must not have an existing diagnosis of developmental disability such as cerebral palsy or Down Syndrome. * Must not have history of major brain injury, surgery, or stroke in the past year. * Must not have epilepsy with active seizure incidents with in the past 6 months. * Must not show clinically significant signs of apraxia of speech or dysarthria.
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What it tests

  • Visual-acoustic biofeedback
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Where

3 sites
Montclair State University
Bloomfield, United States
New York University
New York, United States
Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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