Parents as speech therapists: a new approach for kids with hearing loss

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.