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Visual-acoustic Intervention With Service Delivery In-person and Via Telepractice Trial
Sponsor: New York University
Summary
Children with speech sound disorder show diminished intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable than peers, with negative consequences for both socioemotional and socioeconomic outcomes. New technologies have the potential to transform interventions for speech sound disorder, but there is a lack of rigorous evidence to substantiate this promise. This research will meet a public health need by systematically evaluating the efficacy of visual-acoustic biofeedback intervention delivered in-person versus via telepractice. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that treatment incorporating visual-acoustic biofeedback can be delivered via telepractice without a significant loss of efficacy. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive identical treatment either via online telepractice or in the laboratory setting. The same software for visual-acoustic biofeedback, staRt, will be used in both conditions. Participants' progress in treatment will be evaluated based on blinded listeners' perceptual ratings of probes produced before and after treatment. Pre and post treatment evaluations will be carried out in person for all participants.
Official title: Visual-acoustic Intervention With Service Delivery In-person and Via Telepractice (VISIT) Non-Inferiority Trial
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
9 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
76
Start Date
2024-07-01
Completion Date
2028-12-31
Last Updated
2025-06-25
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Visual-acoustic biofeedback
Behavioral: Visual-acoustic biofeedback In visual-acoustic biofeedback treatment, the elements of traditional treatment (auditory models and verbal descriptions of articulator placement) are enhanced with a dynamic display of the speech signal in the form of the real-time LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) spectrum. The web-based software staRt will be used for intervention delivery.
Locations (3)
Montclair State University
Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
New York University
New York, New York, United States
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York, United States