Articulation Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Study 1: Children of both sexes; ages 5 to 12 years and 11 months; speech-language pathology diagnosis of Motor Speech Delay, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Developmental Dysarthria, or Childhood Apraxia of Speech associated with Developmental Dysarthria. Study 2: Adults of both sexes; ages 18 and older; speech-language pathology diagnosis of Apraxia or Dysarthria
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Study 1: neurological diagnosis that constitutes the etiological cause of speech motor alterations such as cerebral palsy, syndromes, intellectual disability; craniofacial anomalies such as cleft lip and palate; metal implants in the skull; brain diseases such as tumors; skin diseases; failure in hearing screening performed with Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions; concomitant speech-language pathology intervention; previous application of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. Study 2: oral comprehension deficits; failure in hearing screening performed with Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions; craniofacial deformity reported or observed during the evaluation; neurological and/or psychiatric disease other than stroke; concomitant speech-language pathology intervention; previous application of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: To evaluate speech intelligibility verified by the Percentage of Correct Consonants - PCC method and the Verbal Praxis Assessment Protocol - ProAPV at the beginning of the study and at the end of the study | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes are expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA