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Treatment Targets in Spanish and English Bilingual Speech Intervention
Sponsor: Philip Combiths
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn which speech treatment targets result in the greatest amount of speech learning in Spanish-English bilingual children with speech sound disorders. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does linguistic complexity of the treatment target increase the amount of generalized learning within the treated language? * Does linguistic complexity of the treatment target increase the amount of generalized speech across languages? Researchers will compare intervention effects across treatment provided in English and Spanish to see if the effect differs according to the language of intervention. Participants will: * Attend between 12 and 18 45-minute speech intervention sessions in Spanish or English for up to 6 weeks * Attend assessment visits before and after intervention * Attend follow-up assessment visits 1 month and 2 months after intervention
Official title: Speech Intervention for Bilingual Children
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
3 Years - 8 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
16
Start Date
2024-05-08
Completion Date
2027-03-31
Last Updated
2025-09-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Speech Intervention
The treatment will begin with imitation, whereby the child will produce target words following the study clinician's verbal model with 1:1 clinician feedback for the accuracy of the child's productions. This will include explicit articulatory instruction (i.e., verbal and visual cues) to elicit correct target forms. When a child achieves 75% accuracy following a verbal model across 2 consecutive sessions or completes the 9th session (whichever is first), treatment will shift to spontaneous production, in which the child will produce target words spontaneously or through elicitation without a verbal model. Treatment materials will be images of treatment target words, interactive games and stories, and a standard set of toys.
Locations (1)
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States