Effects of music therapy in the treatment of children with delayed speech development - result of a pilot study
- Conditions
- F80.1F80.2F83Receptive language disorderExpressive language disorderMixed specific developmental disorders
- Registration Number
- DRKS00000343
- Lead Sponsor
- o/Ro-Musiktherapie am Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 39
Inclusion Criteria
Children needed to have a specific speech development disorder (ICD-10-Codes: F80.1, F80.2, F83). Due to the close relation to phonological abilities scores below 50 points of 100 in the phonological short-term memory for for non-words (German: PGN) and one other subscale of the applied speech test SETK 3-5, were also considered significant for inclusion in the study. German as the native language was also a precondition
Exclusion Criteria
previous experience with music therapy,
a diagnosis of autism or mutism,
and speech development disorder due to organic causes (e.g. deafness).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method SETK 3-5<br>Subscale understanding sentences <br>Subscale generation of morphological roles <br>Subscale phonological memory for non-words<br>Subscale memory for sentences<br>Subscale memory for word sequenzes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method