Speech Intervention Via Telepractice for Children With Repaired Cleft Palate: Randomized Controlled Trial and Assessment of Speech Production and Perception Skills

Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to see if online speech therapy works just as well as face-to-face speech therapy in children with cleft palate. The main purposes are: To compare the speech accuracy of target sounds in words produced by children with cleft palate between online and face-to-face speech therapy. To compare the gain in speech accuracy in sentences produced by children with cleft palate between online and face-to-face speech therapy. To assess whether changes in speech intelligibility are perceived by parents. To explore what kinds of factors influence speech accuracy. To explore speech training accuracy and speech understandability training accuracy during speech therapy sessions in children with CP Participants will participate in 30-minute speech intervention sessions twice a week for 10 weeks, either in-person or online.

Eligibility

Age range

5–11 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Behavioral
  Speech therapy via teleprace

  Children with cleft palate will participate in 30-minute speech therapy sessions twice a week for 10 weeks

• Behavioral
  Face-to-face speech therapy

  Children with cleft palate will receive treatment maintaining the same frequency as the intervention group.

Location