Before surgery, speech lessons for cleft palate babies?
NCT ID NCT07219901
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether teaching speech and language skills to infants with unrepaired cleft palate can improve their communication before palate repair surgery. Two hundred infants aged 6 to 10 months will join weekly coaching sessions with their families. The goal is to see if early intervention boosts sound-making and vocabulary, potentially reducing speech problems later in childhood.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention: speech and language coaching for families
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give infants with cleft palate a head start in speech and language development before their palate repair surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no phase designation. The intervention may not produce lasting benefits, and results may not apply to all infants with cleft palate.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, 23529, United States
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