Speech Sound DisorderNCT03972449
Beatboxing and Residual Speech Errors
A study testing BEAT-Speech and Traditional Articulation Approach in people with Speech Sound Disorder, run by Duquesne University.
Trial summary
This project will study the effect of practicing speech sounds via beatboxing on speech accuracy, engagement in therapy, and functional outcomes for older children and adolescents with speech sound disorders (SSDs). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 8 to 16 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Speech Sound Disorder
- What is being tested?
- BEAT-Speech and Traditional Articulation Approach
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 0 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 5 May 2024to 15 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 8 to 16 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- diagnosed with a speech sound disorder due to residual speech sound errors
Who cannot join
- out of age range
- history of hearing, neurogenic, behavioral diagnoses that can contribute to speech disorder
- English is not first or preferred language
- concurrent treatment for speech goals
About this study
Official title: The Impact of Beatboxing on the Management of Individuals With Residual Speech Errors
This project will study the effect of practicing speech sounds via beatboxing on speech accuracy, engagement in therapy, and functional outcomes for older children and adolescents with speech sound disorders (SSDs). Though SSDs exhibited by young children are often considered, SSDs are among the most frequent communication disorders in school-aged and adolescent children. SSDs can persist until adulthood. Individuals exhibit residual speech errors (RSE) when speech sounds are produced incorrectly after the age of eight, the age at which speech production is expected to be error-free. Common RSE include /r/, /s/, and /z/, all of which have high frequency in American English.
Beatboxing is a unique manipulation of the speech mechanism in which the individual creates repetitive, percussive and other instrumental sounds by actually being the instrument. Beatboxing is engaging and increasingly found in a variety of musical contexts and mainstream culture. The broad objective of this investigation is to explore the impact of beatboxing as an intervention tool on the speech produced and the functional outcomes attained by children with RSE compared to a traditional articulation therapy approach.The effect of a beatboxing intervention approach (BEAT-Speech) will be compared to traditional articulation therapy and employs a two-group pretest-posttest design. Specifically, the research aims to 1) assess the impact of beatboxing on speech sound production accuracy and amount of targets produced during therapy; 2) examine the relative level of client engagement of individuals exposed to beatboxing intervention; and 3) explore influences of beatboxing experiences on communication, activities, and participation in social and daily interactions.
- Conditions
- Speech Sound Disorder
- Being tested
- BEAT-Speech, Traditional Articulation Approach
- Medical subject headings
- Speech Sound Disorder
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
BEAT-SpeechBehavioural
BEAT-Speech integrates beatboxing techniques within speech-therapy services for individuals with speech sound disorders.
Traditional Articulation ApproachBehavioural
The traditional approach to treating speech sound disorders focus on one or two sounds at a time until they are mastered by the client. Perceptual and production training are used with target starting at simple (isolation) and moving to more complex (sentences). A variety of cues such as shaping and phonetic placement cues are used.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Beatboxing: BEAT-Speech | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: BEAT-Speech |
| Traditional Articulation Approach | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Traditional Articulation Approach |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Speech sound accuracy: dichotomous ratings
rated by naive, blinded raters
Measured: within two years
Speech sound accuracy: visual analog scale ratings
rated by naive, blinded raters, will mark accuracy on a scale from 0-100 mm (not at all accurate to completely accurate). There is no formal name to this scale at this time given that it is novel to the study.
Measured: within two years
Phonetic accuracy
% of consonants correct determined by phonetic transcription completed by trained transcribers
Measured: within two years
Secondary outcomes (6)
therapeutic engagement level
measured via clinician ratings and naive, blinded raters who will code nonverbal behaviors associated with engagement/disengagement
Measured: within two years
Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating
five item quantitative questionnaire completed by instructors only after final session
Measured: within two years
Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Rating Scale
single item questionnaire completed by instructors after each treatment session
Measured: within two years
PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) Pediatric Peer Relationship Scale
questionnaire completed by participants to assess impact of treatment on social activities and participation. Scale is from 0-4 which is from worse to best outcome.
Measured: within two years
Adolescent Communication Questionnaire
assesses self-efficacy/individual's belief in their ability to make change and succeed in therapy. Scale is fro 1 to 5 with the lowest number being associated with the greatest amount of negative impact to the highest number being associated with no impact.
Measured: within two years
Qualitative interview regarding functional outcomes
phenomenological approach to better understanding themes associated with this novel therapy approach and traditional therapy approach
Measured: within two years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Jun 2019
- Study start5 May 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion15 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion15 Dec 2025 (estimated)
Why it stopped: Funding not received.
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Speech Sound DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Duquesne University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Heather Leavy Rusiewicz, Duquesne University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03972449
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- DuquesneR21MusicHealth
- Status last verified
- Mar 2023
- First submitted
- 27 Feb 2019
- Last updated
- 10 Mar 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 10 Mar 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Impact of Beatboxing on the Management of Individuals With Residual Speech Errors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03972449
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- DuquesneR21MusicHealth
- Conditions
- Speech Sound Disorder
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- WithdrawnReason stopped: Funding not received.
- Enrolment
- 0 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Duquesne UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 5 May 2024 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 15 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 15 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 3 Jun 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This project will study the effect of practicing speech sounds via beatboxing on speech accuracy, engagement in therapy, and functional outcomes for older children and adolescents with speech sound disorders (SSDs). Though SSDs exhibited by young children are often considered, SSDs are among the most frequent communication disorders in school-aged and adolescent children. SSDs can persist until adulthood. Individuals exhibit residual speech errors (RSE) when speech sounds are produced incorrectly after the age of eight, the age at which speech production is expected to be error-free. Common RSE include /r/, /s/, and /z/, all of which have high frequency in American English.
Beatboxing is a unique manipulation of the speech mechanism in which the individual creates repetitive, percussive and other instrumental sounds by actually being the instrument. Beatboxing is engaging and increasingly found in a variety of musical contexts and mainstream culture. The broad objective of this investigation is to explore the impact of beatboxing as an intervention tool on the speech produced and the functional outcomes attained by children with RSE compared to a traditional articulation therapy approach.The effect of a beatboxing intervention approach (BEAT-Speech) will be compared to traditional articulation therapy and employs a two-group pretest-posttest design. Specifically, the research aims to 1) assess the impact of beatboxing on speech sound production accuracy and amount of targets produced during therapy; 2) examine the relative level of client engagement of individuals exposed to beatboxing intervention; and 3) explore influences of beatboxing experiences on communication, activities, and participation in social and daily interactions.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Beatboxing: BEAT-Speech | Experimental | Behavioral: BEAT-Speech |
| Traditional Articulation Approach | Experimental | Behavioral: Traditional Articulation Approach |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 8 to 16 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- diagnosed with a speech sound disorder due to residual speech sound errors
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- out of age range
- history of hearing, neurogenic, behavioral diagnoses that can contribute to speech disorder
- English is not first or preferred language
- concurrent treatment for speech goals
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| BEAT-SpeechBEAT-Speech integrates beatboxing techniques within speech-therapy services for individuals with speech sound disorders. | Behavioural | Beatboxing: BEAT-Speech |
| Traditional Articulation ApproachThe traditional approach to treating speech sound disorders focus on one or two sounds at a time until they are mastered by the client. Perceptual and production training are used with target starting at simple (isolation) and moving to more complex (sentences). A variety of cues such as shaping and phonetic placement cues are used. | Behavioural | Traditional Articulation Approach |
Primary outcome
Speech sound accuracy: dichotomous ratings
Time frame: within two years
rated by naive, blinded raters
Speech sound accuracy: visual analog scale ratings
Time frame: within two years
rated by naive, blinded raters, will mark accuracy on a scale from 0-100 mm (not at all accurate to completely accurate). There is no formal name to this scale at this time given that it is novel to the study.
Phonetic accuracy
Time frame: within two years
% of consonants correct determined by phonetic transcription completed by trained transcribers
6 secondary outcomes
therapeutic engagement level
Time frame: within two years
Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating
Time frame: within two years
Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Rating Scale
Time frame: within two years
PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) Pediatric Peer Relationship Scale
Time frame: within two years
Adolescent Communication Questionnaire
Time frame: within two years
Qualitative interview regarding functional outcomes
Time frame: within two years
Results and safety
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 10 Mar 2023.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing BEAT-Speech and Traditional Articulation Approach in people with Speech Sound Disorder, run by Duquesne University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Mar 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Speech sound accuracy: dichotomous ratings (time frame: within two years). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Mar 2023; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 26 Oct 2026.