Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Speech Production Enhancement Using Augmentative Communication for Kids
Lead Sponsor:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Conditions:
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Intelligibility, Speech
Eligibility:
All Genders
7-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if speech supplementation can improve speech intelligibility in children ages 7 to 17 years with cerebral palsy. The main questions it aims to answer are: ...
Detailed Description
This study uses a pre-/post- test design to test the effects of a one-session intervention to improve speech intelligibility in 100 children with cerebral palsy and dysarthria. The intervention involv...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy, or a similar, related condition that affects early motor development and presents as a chronic motor disability
- Age between 7 and 17 years
- Clinical dysarthria with speech intelligibility between 10-85 percent
- Able to produce connected speech in English, with a minimum utterance length of 3 words
- Able to use hands to point to items on a communication board
- Cognitive/language skills that enable basic picture identification on a communication board
- Pass pure tone hearing screening
Exclusion
- Failure to meet all inclusion criteria.
- Vision impairment that precludes being able to see items on a communication board.
- Not suitable for participation due to other reasons at the discretion of the investigators.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2026
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2029
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07173049
Start Date
January 1 2026
End Date
June 1 2029
Last Update
December 17 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center
Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705