Speech Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
Speech Sound Disorders, Tabletop, Digital
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.
Interventions
OTHERTable-based T2T intervention
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.
OTHERTablet-based T2T intervention
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.
Sponsors
Aveiro University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
42 Months to 78 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of Consonants Correct | one year | Calculation of the percentage of the correct produced consonants |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligibility Score | one year | How well a client's speech is understood by other individuals, i.e. understandability of speech. |
| Percentage of occurence of phonological processes | one year | Calculations of the percentage of occurence of phonological processes |
| Generalisation Score | one year | Generalization probe of the trained phonological process to five non-intervention words. |
| Parental Reports | one and a half year | Questionnaire focused on: speech improvement; enjoyment of therapy; effect of therapy on their understanding of their child. |
| Percentage of Correct Vowels | one year | Calculation of the percentage of the correct produced vowels |
| Percentage of Phonemes Correct | one year | Calculation of the percentage of the correct produced phonemes |
| Phonetic Inventory | one year | List of produces consonants |
Countries
Portugal
Outcome results
None listed