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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12612000348853
ACTRN12612000348853
Not Yet Recruiting
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Can stuttering and speech sound disorders that present concomitantly in preschool aged children be treated concurrently and effectively using the Lidcombe Program and individualized speech sound disorder therapy?

Dr Sally Hewat0 sites10 target enrollmentMarch 26, 2012

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Stuttering (disfluency)
Sponsor
Dr Sally Hewat
Enrollment
10
Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
March 26, 2012
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Dr Sally Hewat

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Diagnosis of stuttering obtained by consensus between 2 speech pathologists or between 1 speech pathologist and caregiver
  • Diagnosis of speech sound disorder determined by the presence of either a) two or more age\-inappropriate phonological processes or; b) one atypical phonological process
  • Participants and caregivers will have a functional command and understanding of the English language
  • Hearing levels reported within normal limits
  • Pass a receptive and expressive language screener. If screener not passed, then receptive and expressive language abilities rated at no greater than mildly delayed on subsequently administered standardised assessment
  • Oral motor structure and function must be measured and assessed as being within normal limits
  • Speech sound errors must be phonological in nature (i.e. not suspected childhood apraxia of speech, lateral lisps etc. therefore child must be stimulable in at least 1 context for the sounds in error)
  • Stuttering onset reportedly at least six months prior to recruitment

Exclusion Criteria

  • Excluded if child has received treatment for either the stuttering or the speech sound disorder within 12 months prior to recruitment

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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