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NCT number NCT03972449
Other study ID # DuquesneR21MusicHealth
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 5, 2024
Est. completion date December 15, 2025

Study information

Verified date March 2023
Source Duquesne University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical 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). 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.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date December 15, 2025
Est. primary completion date September 15, 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 8 Years to 16 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: • diagnosed with a speech sound disorder due to residual speech sound errors Exclusion Criteria: - 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

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
BEAT-Speech
BEAT-Speech integrates beatboxing techniques within speech-therapy services for individuals with speech sound disorders.
Traditional Articulation Approach
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.

Locations

Country Name City State
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Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Duquesne University

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Speech sound accuracy: dichotomous ratings rated by naive, blinded raters within two years
Primary 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. within two years
Primary Phonetic accuracy % of consonants correct determined by phonetic transcription completed by trained transcribers within two years
Secondary therapeutic engagement level measured via clinician ratings and naive, blinded raters who will code nonverbal behaviors associated with engagement/disengagement within two years
Secondary Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating five item quantitative questionnaire completed by instructors only after final session within two years
Secondary Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Rating Scale single item questionnaire completed by instructors after each treatment session within two years
Secondary 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. within two years
Secondary 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. within two years
Secondary Qualitative interview regarding functional outcomes phenomenological approach to better understanding themes associated with this novel therapy approach and traditional therapy approach within two years
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