Clinical trial NCT02490826: Table to Tablet (T2T): A Novel Intervention Framework for Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Official title: Intervention Software for Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Speech Disorders
Keywords: Speech Sound Disorders
Tabletop
Digital
Lead sponsor: Aveiro University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-07-07
Enrollment: 22
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 42
Maximum age (years): 78
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnose of Phonologically based Speech and Sound Disorder;
* Portuguese as native language;
* Audition of 20 decibels (dB) or lower in the frequencies 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000;
* Normal non-verbal ability (NVIQ) according to age;
* Receptive language skills within normal limits.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnose of childhood apraxia of speech;
* Structural or functional oral alterations

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of Consonants Correct
timeFrame: one year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Parental Reports
timeFrame: one and a half year
measure: Intelligibility Score
timeFrame: one year
measure: Percentage of occurence of phonological processes
timeFrame: one year
measure: Generalisation Score
timeFrame: one year
measure: Phonetic Inventory
timeFrame: one year
measure: Percentage of Correct Vowels
timeFrame: one year
measure: Percentage of Phonemes Correct
timeFrame: one year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aveiro
country: Portugal
facility: Aveiro's University
Study officials:
affiliation: Aveiro's University
name: Luís MT Jesus
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Lousada M, Jesus LM, Capelas S, Margaca C, Simoes D, Valente A, Hall A, Joffe VL. Phonological and articulation treatment approaches in Portuguese children with speech and language impairments: a randomized controlled intervention study. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2013 Mar-Apr;48(2):172-87. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00191.x. Epub 2012 Dec 4.
citation: Lousada M, Jesus LM, Hall A, Joffe V. Intelligibility as a clinical outcome measure following intervention with children with phonologically based speech-sound disorders. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2014 Sep-Oct;49(5):584-601. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12095. Epub 2014 May 26.
citation: Jesus LM, Santos J, Martinez J. The Table to Tablet (T2T) Speech and Language Therapy Software Development Roadmap. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jan 30;8(1):e11596. doi: 10.2196/11596.