Early Intervention in Very Preterm Children

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Prematurity; Speech Sound Disorder
• Interventions: Other: Early parent-based speech intervention program

• Registration Number: NCT01352481
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center

Brief Summary

* The aim of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of a short, highly structured parent based speech intervention program on speech development in very preterm children with a Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) at 2 years of age.

* The hypothesis of this study is that early intervention on speech development is effective in improving the speech development in preterm children with SSD at 2 years of age compared to a no treatment group (usual care at this age).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-04
• Status Verified: 2011-05
• Study First Submitted: 2011-05-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-05-11
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-12
• Last Update Posted: 2011-05-12
• Primary Completion: 2013-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• birth weight < 1500 grams or gestational age < 32 weeks
• singleton birth
• no major neurodevelopmental disabilities, and
• Dutch speaking family background

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Early parent-based speech intervention program	-
Control group	Early parent-based speech intervention program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of acquired consonants produced by the child	12 months after the onset of treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Erasmus Medical University Center; 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands