Status:

COMPLETED

Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Lead Sponsor:

Syracuse University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Conditions:

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Eligibility:

All Genders

9-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief 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 tha...

Detailed Description

Childhood apraxia of speech is a developmental speech sound disorder that may lead to persisting speech errors, often despite years of treatment. Such impairments may lead to social, academic, and voc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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

  • 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

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 7 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03238677

Start Date

August 1 2017

End Date

June 7 2022

Last Update

June 22 2023

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Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York, United States, 13244