Actively Recruiting
Music Therapy for Speech and Prosody in Autistic Children (MTSPAC)
Led by National Taiwan University Hospital · Updated on 2025-07-30
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
154 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This research is a single-blind randomized controlled trial, where the investigators plan to recruit 40 children with autism, randomly divided into two groups. The music therapy intervention group will receive an hour of group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy. The control group will receive only traditional language therapy. The trial will last for 8 weeks, and participants in both groups will be assessed before and after the trial. During the study, the investigators will use professional recording equipment to record their speech and use the speech analysis software to objectively compare whether there are significant differences in prosody between the two groups of children with autism before and after the intervention. Besides the acoustic measurement the investigators also assess the language abilities autism trait performance, adaptive function, emotional behavior, and parent-child stress levels.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Music Therapy for Speech and Prosody in Autistic Children (MTSPAC)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children with autism
- Aged 3 to 5 years old
- Children with speech delay (T-score of Preschool Language Scale < 40)
- Mandarin as first language
You will not qualify if you...
- Children with other neurological diseases
- Children without verbal output
- Children with articulation or voice disorder
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-chu branch
Hsinchu, Taiwan, 300
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Research Team
C
Chih-en Liu, university
CONTACT
S
Shu-mei Yang, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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