Actively Recruiting
Generalization With AI Navigation Using StaRt
Led by New York University · Updated on 2026-05-13
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Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
236 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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New York University
Lead Sponsor
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Syracuse University
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) affects a significant portion of school-aged children, leading to social and emotional challenges that can persist into adolescence and adulthood. The number of productions necessary for a remediated speech sound to generalize to connected speech is challenging to achieve in practice, leading clinicians to call for accessible, reliable resources allowing children to continue therapy outside of direct clinical interactions. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools hold promise as a means to extend direct service delivery in speech-language pathology, but research investigating the topic has been limited. This study (Generalization with AI Navigation using staRt, or GAINS) will measure the effects of a course of AI-mediated home practice intended to promote generalization of gains made through biofeedback treatment in a related study, Visual-acoustic Intervention with Service Delivery In-person and Via Telepractice Trial (VISIT; NCT06517225).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Generalization With AI Navigation Using StaRt
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Must be between 9 years 0 months and 17 years 11 months old at enrollment
- Must speak English as the dominant or equally dominant language
- Must have started learning English by age 3, according to parent report
- Must hear a rhotic English dialect from at least one home speaker if English is the home language
- Must pass a pure-tone hearing screening
- Must pass a brief oral structure and function exam
- Must have age-appropriate receptive and expressive language skills on the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-5 (CELF-5)
- Must have access to a laptop or desktop computer for study sessions
- Must have home wifi sufficient for video calls if assigned to telepractice
- Must have completed participation in the VISIT randomized controlled trial
- Must have scored at least 60% correct in at least one treatment session during the VISIT study
You will not qualify if you...
- Must not have a voice or fluency disorder severe enough to interfere with study participation
- Must not currently have orthodontia crossing the palate that cannot be removed
- Must not have a history of permanent hearing loss
- Must not have a diagnosis of developmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy or Down Syndrome
- Must not have had major brain injury, surgery, or stroke in the past year
- Must not have epilepsy with active seizures in the past 6 months
- Must not show clinically significant signs of apraxia of speech or dysarthria
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Montclair State University
Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States, 07003
Actively Recruiting
2
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13244
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Tara McAllister, PhD
CONTACT
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Twylah Campbell, MA
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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