Parents as speech therapists: a new approach for kids with hearing loss
NCT ID NCT06936696
First seen Jul 23, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether parents can help improve speech clarity in elementary-aged children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Parents use a technique called Broad Target Speech Recast, where they naturally correct a child's mispronounced words during conversation, without asking the child to repeat. This is combined with traditional speech therapy led by a clinician. The goal is to see if this combination helps children produce sounds more accurately in everyday speech.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a parent-implemented speech therapy technique called Broad Target Speech Recast (BTSR), combined with clinician-led articulation therapy
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a low-cost, home-based way to boost speech clarity in children with hearing loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 3 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The technique requires consistent parent involvement, which may be challenging.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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3 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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4 to 10 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 4;0-9;11 * Permanent, prelingual sensorineural hearing loss * Uses spoken English as their primary home language (≥ 51% of the time) * Standard score ≥70 on the Leiter * Standard score ≥70 on the OWLS-II Listening Comprehension * At least two speech sound errors appropriate to target based on speech norms and general stimulability Exclusion Criteria: * Motor speech disorder (e.g., childhood apraxia of speech) * Oral structural functional disorder (e.g., cleft palate) * Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder * Diagnosis of ADHD * Uncorrected vision impairment (i.e., identified vision loss without the use of corrective lenses)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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