AI-Assisted Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders

Description

The goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to determine how artificial intelligence-assisted home practice may enhance speech learning of the "r" sound in school-age children with residual speech sound disorders. All child participants will receive 1 speech lesson per week, via telepractice, for 5 weeks with a human speech-language clinician. Some participants will receive 3 speech sessions per week with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-clinician during the same 5 weeks as the human clinician sessions (CONCURRENT treatment order group), whereas others will receive 3 speech sessions per week with an AI-clinician after the human clinician sessions end (SEQUENTIAL treatment order group.

Conditions

Speech Sound Disorder

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Study overview

The goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to determine how artificial intelligence-assisted home practice may enhance speech learning of the "r" sound in school-age children with residual speech sound disorders. All child participants will receive 1 speech lesson per week, via telepractice, for 5 weeks with a human speech-language clinician. Some participants will receive 3 speech sessions per week with an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-clinician during the same 5 weeks as the human clinician sessions (CONCURRENT treatment order group), whereas others will receive 3 speech sessions per week with an AI-clinician after the human clinician sessions end (SEQUENTIAL treatment order group.

AI-Assisted Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders

AI-Assisted Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders

Condition
Speech Sound Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Syracuse

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States, 13244

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Must speak a rhotic dialect of American English as a dominant language.
  • * Must have begun learning English by at least the age of 3 years.
  • * Must be between 9;0 to 17;11 years of age.
  • * Must have reported difficulty with /ɹ/ production.
  • * Must have reported hearing within normal limits.
  • * Must receive a Scaled Score of 5 or above on both the Listening Comprehension and Story Retelling subtests from the Test of Integrated Language \& Literacy Skills (TILLS).
  • * Must receive a percentile score of 8 or below on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3) Sounds in Words subtest.
  • * Must have 1 scorable response with 5+ consecutive correct /pataka/ with \> 3.4 syllables per second in the MRR-Tri task of the Maximum Performance Tasks OR must demonstrate no childhood apraxia of speech (CAS-only) features in BOTH articulatory and rate/prosody domains of the ProCAD.
  • * Must score \<40% accurate based on word-level items from our /ɹ/ probe list.
  • * Must score \>=15% accuracy on /ɹ/ on 45 syllables following Dynamic Assessment.
  • * Must express interest in changing their /ɹ/ production.
  • * Must have oral structure and function that are appropriate for /ɹ/ production.
  • * Must have access to broadband internet with videoconferencing capabilities
  • * Must have no known history of autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, permanent hearing loss, epilepsy/antiepileptic medication, or brain injury/neurosurgery/stroke.
  • * Must not have diagnosis of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette's, or Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • * Must have no orthodontic appliances that block the roof of the mouth (e.g., palate expanders).
  • * Must not have current cleft palate, fluency disorder, or voice disorder.
  • * Must not demonstrate childhood apraxia of speech (CAS-only) features in BOTH articulatory and rate/prosody domains of the ProCAD.

Ages Eligible for Study

9 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Syracuse University,

Study Record Dates

2027-12