Can speedy speech therapy help kids talk better?

NCT ID NCT05929859

Symptom relief Sponsor: Syracuse University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether a faster, more intensive speech therapy schedule works better than the usual slower schedule for children aged 9 to 17 with speech sound disorders. 84 kids will either get 16 hours of therapy over 4 weeks (intensive) or over 8 weeks (standard). The goal is to see which schedule helps them say sounds like /r/ and /s/ more clearly.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 1/2

Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.

Participants

About 84 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2023

Expected to finish

Feb 2028

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Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

9 to 17 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Must speak American English as a dominant language. * Must have began learning English by at least the age of 3 years. * Must be between 9;0 to 17;11 years of age. * Must have reported difficulty with /ɹ/ and/or /s/ production * Must pass pure tone hearing screening at 25 dB at 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. * Must receive a scaled score of at least 5 on the Listening Comprehension and Story Retelling subtests of the Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills (TILLS) * Must receive a percentile score of 5 or below on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3) Sounds in Words subtest. * Must have 1 scorable response with 5+ consecutive correct /pataka/ with \> 3.4 syllables per second in the MRR-Tri task of the Maximum Performance Tasks OR must demonstrate no childhood apraxia of speech (CAS-only) features in BOTH articulatory and rate/prosody domains of the ProCAD. * Must score \<40% accurate on /ɹ/ and/or /s/ probes assessing these sounds at the word level. * Must express a desire to modify their speech. Exclusion Criteria: * Must have no known history of autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, permanent hearing loss, or brain injury. * Must not have current cleft palate or voice disorder.

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Conditions

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Speech Sound Disorder speech-sound disorder

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Speech sound disorder

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