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Online Assessment and Enhancement of Auditory Perception for Speech Sound Errors: Online Rotating Delivery of Perception/Production Enhanced Treatment for Rhotics
Led by Montclair State University · Updated on 2025-05-29
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Participants Needed
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Research Sites
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Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Montclair State University
Lead Sponsor
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This research aims to determine if perceptual training improves speech perception and production outcomes in children with Residual Speech Sound Disorders (RSSD). It investigates whether initial speech production accuracy predicts how well treatment works and how perceptual ability affects the success of perception-first versus production-first interventions. The trial compares two treatment orders to see if the sequence influences speech improvement, focusing on participants' initial abilities. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups delivered via telepractice: a group receiving Treatment as Usual (TAU) plus perception-first training, or a group receiving TAU first. Randomization is carefully balanced based on initial speech production and perception accuracy, categorizing children into high or low accuracy groups. Treatments include visual acoustic biofeedback, which uses real-time speech signal displays to help adjust articulation, and computerized perceptual training involving auditory tasks with feedback. Children will complete pre-treatment evaluations to assess their speech and perception skills. During the study, researchers will measure changes in the accuracy of producing the /r/ sound, along with perception accuracy and socio-emotional well-being. Assessments will occur at baseline, after 4 weeks of visual acoustic biofeedback, and after 12 weeks of treatment. The trial involves telepractice sessions, clinician-rated baselines, and continuous monitoring to understand treatment effects on speech sound accuracy.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Online Rotating Delivery of Perception/Production Enhanced Treatment for Rhotics
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Must be between 8 and 17 years old at enrollment
- Must speak English as the dominant language, beginning by age 2
- Must speak a rhotic dialect of English
- Must pass a pure-tone hearing screening at 20dB hearing level
- Must pass a brief oral structure and function examination
- Must have less than 30% accuracy on a probe list eliciting rhotics at the word level
- Must have no more than 3 speech sounds other than /r/ in error on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3)
You will not qualify if you...
- Must not have a T score more than 1.3 standard deviations below the mean on WASI-2 Matrix Reasoning
- Must not have a scaled score of 7 or higher on CELF-5 Recalling Sentences and Formulated Sentences subtests
- Must not have a diagnosis of developmental disability or major neurobehavioral syndrome such as cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, or Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
screening and enrollment visit
Duration - Up to 12 weeks
Participants receive randomized behavioral treatments involving visual-acoustic biofeedback training and perceptual training delivered via telepractice, or a no treatment period. These treatments focus on improving speech sound production and auditory perception of /r/ sounds.
Regular telepractice sessions as scheduled by the study team
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey, United States, 07403
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Research Team
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Elaine R. Hitchcock, PhD
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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