Clinical trials: Speech Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Speech Sound Disorder
Correcting Residual Errors With Spectral, Ultrasound, Traditional Speech Therapy
Children with speech sound disorder show diminished accuracy and intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable or intelligent than peers, with negative consequences for both socioemotional and…
- Trial name
- C-RESULTS (NCT03737318)
- Testing
- Biofeedback-ultrasound, Biofeedback--visual-acoustic, Traditional articulation treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Stuttering, Stuttering, Childhood
Speech Processing in Stuttering
This research is being done to better understand stuttering, specifically how people who stutter may process and/or produce speech.
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering, Adult
- Trial name
- NCT04929184
- Testing
- Speech and non-speech tasks
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Speech Sound Disorder
Auditory-Perceptual Training Via Telepractice
The objective of this study is to measure the effects of online perceptual training on perception and production in children with RSE who exhibit atypical perception relative to norms from our lab-based pilot data.
- Trial name
- NCT04858035
- Testing
- Perceptual training, Production training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Epilepsy
Flexible Representation of Speech
The overarching goal of this exploratory research is to understand the dynamic and flexible nature of speech processing in the human supratemporal plane.
- Trial name
- NCT05209386
- Testing
- Dimension-Based Statistical Learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Laryngomalacia, Gastro Esophageal Reflux
Initiation of Acid Suppression Therapy Prospective Outcomes for Laryngomalacia
Laryngomalacia (LM) is the most common cause of stridor in infants. Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) are often seen in the setting of LM; therefore, acid suppression therapy (AST) has been empirically used in the…
- Trial name
- NCT04614974
- Testing
- Famotidine, Speech Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Reema Padia
Language Development Disorders, Speech Sound Disorder
Manipulating Linguistic Complexity to Improve Child Language Treatment Outcomes
Phonological disorder (PD) and specific language impairment (SLI) directly impact a child's ability to communicate and are among the most prevalent developmental disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03977701
- Testing
- Phonological treatment, Morpheme treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Speech Sound Disorder
Delineation of Sensorimotor Subtypes Underlying Residual Speech Errors
Children with speech sound disorder show diminished accuracy and intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable or intelligent than peers, with negative consequences for both socioemotional and…
- Trial name
- C-RESULTS (NCT03736213)
- Testing
- Visual-acoustic biofeedback, Ultrasound biofeedback
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Selective Mutism
What Treatment Works for Children With Selective Mutism?
The purpose of this pilot study is to explore the outcome of a manual based treatment for children with Selective Mutism
- Trial name
- NCT00554749
- Testing
- Interventions at home, in the kindergarten/school
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse
Cleft Palate
Timing of Primary Surgery for Cleft Palate
This trial is a randomised controlled trial with a parallel design taking place in centres across the UK, Scandinavia and Brazil.
- Trial name
- TOPS (NCT00993551)
- Testing
- primary surgery for cleft palate
- Where
- 23 sites in Brazil, Denmark and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 558 people
- Sponsor
- Kevin Munro
Hearing Loss
Speech Recognition Training in Children With Hearing Loss
clEAR's auditory brain training has been shown to be effective in improving childrens' abilities to recognize the speech of generic talkers in a laboratory setting.
- Trial name
- ChAT (NCT04041440)
- Testing
- clEAR auditory training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Stroke, Aphasia
Digital Interventions in Neurorehabilitation: iTALKbetter
iTALKBetter will provide an app-based therapy for people with word retrieval difficulties who have had a stroke. This study aims to test the therapy application for people with naming difficulties through a small scale…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Anomia
- Trial name
- NCT04566081
- Testing
- iTalkBetter Trained Items, iTalkBetter Untrained Items
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Language Developmental Disorders
Working on Rapid Language Development in Toddlers
The goal of the study is to examine the effects of teaching parents to use language support strategies on language skills in toddlers with language delays.
- Trial name
- WORLD (NCT01975922)
- Testing
- Enhanced Milieu Teaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Optimizing Soft Speech Recognition in Children With Hearing Loss
Overhearing is important for vocabulary learning and speech and language development in young children. However, contemporary hearing aids are generally unable to provide adequate access to low-level auditory inputs from multiple…
- Trial name
- SoftSpeech (NCT05299892)
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo P or Naida P hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Social Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism
Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder and Selective Mutism
This study is to assess the efficacy of a brief, 11-week, manualized Taming Sneaky Fears for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and/or Selective Mutism (SM) child and parent group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) treatment…
- Trial name
- SAD&SMTRMT (NCT02554929)
- Testing
- Taming Sneaky Fears, Parent Psycho-education and Child Socialization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Speech Sound Disorders
New Therapeutical Perspectives in Cases of Phonological Disorders
The aim of this study is to verify phonological and auditory aspects of children submitted to traditional phonological therapy, phonological therapy using a software and placebo therapy in children with phonological disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02935062
- Testing
- Traditional Phonological Therapy, Software Phonological Therapy- SIFALA
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Speech Sound Disorder
staRt: Enhancing Speech Treatment With Smartphone-delivered Biofeedback
Previous research suggests that biofeedback can outperform traditional interventions for RSE, but no controlled studies have tested this hypothesis in the context of app-delivered biofeedback.
- Trial name
- staRt (NCT04474691)
- Testing
- Traditional articulation treatment, Visual-acoustic biofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- New York University
Speech Sound Disorder
Visual Acoustic Biofeedback for RSE Via Telepractice
This research will meet a public health need by evaluating the efficacy of speech intervention supplemented with real-time visual-acoustic biofeedback when delivered using remote technologies.
- Trial name
- NCT04858022
- Testing
- Visual-Acoustic Biofeedback Treatment, No Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome Speech Intelligibility Diagnostic Treatment Study
The 'Down syndrome speech intelligibility diagnostic treatment study' is a pilot clinical intervention study assessing the efficacy of an integrative speech treatment approach for individuals with Down syndrome (DS).
- Trial name
- NCT04059354
- Testing
- Speech therapy addressing phonology and motor learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Glial Tumor
Sophrology Treatment for Patients With Glial Tumours Requiring Speech Therapy
Patients with brain tumours experience a loss of independence, which may occur suddenly or gradually. Communication with the patient may be rapidly impaired, due to impaired alertness, language and/or neurocognitive disorders.
- Trial name
- SOPHNEURO (NCT05189366)
- Testing
- Sophrology, Speech therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest