Apraxia World: An interactive technology-based therapy tool for childhood apraxia of speech.

• Conditions: childhood apraxia of speech; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001261404
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Beena Ahmed

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1) SLPs currently in private practice and with at least one child on their caseload diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech and showing the key diagnostic features of reduced articulatory accuracy for speech sounds in production of polysyllabic words and diadochokinesis (repetition of pataka), as well as syllable segregation and impaired lexical stress on production of polysyllabic words.
2) Children with CAS (see above) who are native-English speakers and have at least one parent who is a native English speaker.

Exclusion Criteria

Evidence of dysarthria, oro-facial structural abnormality, cognitive or receptive language delay, other developmental diagnosis, or hearing impaired.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified