Intervention Software for Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Speech Disorders
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Enrollment
- 22
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Percentage of Consonants Correct
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The primary aim of this study is to develop software as a tool in speech and language therapy for the treatment of children (Portuguese and English) with phonologically based Speech Sound Disorders (SSD). Further, this project aims to test the effectiveness of this approach with two groups of preschool and school aged children with phonologically based SSD, with one group consisting of European Portuguese (EP) speakers and one group of British English (BE) speakers. Performance across the two groups will be compared. The total duration of the project will be 30 month.
Detailed Description
The Table to Tablet (T2T) project aims to develop software as a tool in speech and language therapy for the treatment of children (Portuguese and English) with phonologically based Speech Sound Disorders (SSD). Further, this project aims to test the effectiveness of this approach with two groups of children aged between 3 years and 6 months and 6 years and 6 months with phonologically based Speech Sound Disorders (SSD). One group consists of European Portuguese (EP) speakers and one group of British English (BE) speakers. Each group should include 20 children with the referred criteria and the performance across the two groups will be compared. The total duration of the project will be 30 month (software development over the first 12 months and an intervention study during following 18 months). The T2T team includes 3 Speech and Language Therapists and 3 engineers/researchers plus a designer that will develop the T2T material.
Investigators
Luís Miguel Teixeira de Jesus
Professor
Aveiro University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnose of Phonologically based Speech and Sound Disorder;
- •Portuguese as native language;
- •Audition of 20 decibels (dB) or lower in the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000;
- •Normal non-verbal ability (NVIQ) according to age;
- •Receptive language skills within normal limits.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Diagnose of childhood apraxia of speech;
- •Structural or functional oral alterations
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Percentage of Consonants Correct
Time Frame: one year
Calculation of the percentage of the correct produced consonants
Secondary Outcomes
- Percentage of occurence of phonological processes(one year)
- Generalisation Score(one year)
- Percentage of Correct Vowels(one year)
- Intelligibility Score(one year)
- Percentage of Phonemes Correct(one year)
- Phonetic Inventory(one year)
- Parental Reports(one and a half year)