Table to Tablet (T2T): A Novel Intervention Framework for Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Condition: Speech Disorders
MeSH terms: Speech Disorders; Speech Sound Disorder
Study type: Interventional

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.
    

Intervention name(s): Table-based T2T intervention; Tablet-based T2T intervention
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Phonological therapy consists of a combination of phonological awareness activities, auditory and discrimination and auditory bombardment activities. This activities will be based on table top materials. The items used in the intervention will be based on the child's target speech production goals. This intervention will include the following areas:
Auditory Bombardment;
Auditory and discrimination;
Letter-sound knowledge;
Phoneme identity and phoneme matching;
Blending;
Segmentation;
Rhyme;
Phoneme manipulation.; Phonological therapy consists of a combination of phonological awareness activities, auditory and discrimination and auditory bombardment activities. This activities will be based on digital materials presented on a tablet. The items used in the intervention will be based on the child's target speech production goals. This intervention will include the following areas:
Auditory Bombardment;
Auditory and discrimination;
Letter-sound knowledge;
Phoneme identity and phoneme matching;
Blending;
Segmentation;
Rhyme;
Phoneme manipulation.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: Speech Sound Disorders; Tabletop; Digital