Actively Recruiting
AI-Assisted Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders
Led by Syracuse University · Updated on 2026-01-08
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
173 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Syracuse University
Lead Sponsor
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to determine how artificial intelligence-assisted home practice may enhance speech learning of the "r" sound in school-age children with residual speech sound disorders. All child participants will receive 1 speech lesson per week, via telepractice, for 5 weeks with a human speech-language clinician. Some participants will receive 3 speech sessions per week with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-clinician during the same 5 weeks as the human clinician sessions (CONCURRENT treatment order group), whereas others will receive 3 speech sessions per week with an AI-clinician after the human clinician sessions end (SEQUENTIAL treatment order group.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
AI-Assisted Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Speak a rhotic dialect of American English as their dominant language
- Began learning English by at least age 3
- Be between 9 and 17 years old
- Have reported difficulty producing the /r/ sound
- Have reported hearing within normal limits
- Score 5 or above on Listening Comprehension and Story Retelling subtests from the Test of Integrated Language & Literacy Skills (TILLS)
- Score at or below the 8th percentile on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3) Sounds in Words subtest
- Have at least one scorable response with 5 or more consecutive correct /pataka/ at over 3.4 syllables per second in the Maximum Performance Tasks OR show no childhood apraxia of speech features in both articulatory and rate/prosody domains of the ProCAD
- Score less than 40% accuracy on word-level items from the /r/ probe list
- Score at least 15% accuracy on /r/ on 45 syllables after Dynamic Assessment
- Express interest in improving their /r/ production
- Have oral structure and function appropriate for /r/ production
- Have access to broadband internet with videoconferencing capabilities
You will not qualify if you...
- Known history of autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, permanent hearing loss, epilepsy or antiepileptic medication use, brain injury, neurosurgery, or stroke
- Diagnosis of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette's syndrome, or Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Orthodontic appliances that block the roof of the mouth (e.g., palate expanders)
- Current cleft palate, fluency disorder, or voice disorder
- Demonstration of childhood apraxia of speech features in both articulatory and rate/prosody domains of the ProCAD
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13244
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Jonathan Preston, PhD
CONTACT
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Nina Benway, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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