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Can online speech therapy match in-person results for kids with cleft palate?

NCT ID NCT07434375

Symptom relief Sponsor: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study aims to see if online speech therapy works as well as face-to-face sessions for children aged 5 to 11 with repaired cleft palate. Sixty-four children will receive 30-minute speech therapy twice a week for 10 weeks, either online or in person. Researchers will measure improvements in speech accuracy and understandability to compare the two methods.

What this could mean

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Active substance
speech therapy (online or face-to-face)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that online speech therapy is a convenient and effective option for children with cleft palate, expanding access to care.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with only 64 participants, so results may not apply to all children. The therapy is behavioral, not a medical treatment, so improvements may be modest.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

About 64 people

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

Expected to start

Mar 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Jan 2029

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Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

5 to 11 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Within the ages 5;0 and 11;11 (years; months) at enrollment and for enrollment duration * Having normal hearing based on a pure-tone hearing screening at 20 dB HL bilaterally at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000Hz. Children with a history of hearing loss or children who currently are properly equipped with amplification will be included if they pass the hearing screening * Having typical nonverbal IQ, language, and socioemotional function as determined by a T-score with no more than -1.5 SD from the mean on Kauffman Brief Intelligence Test-2 (KBIT-2), receptive language of Clinical Evaluation Language Fundamentals-5 (CELF-5 Core Language), and Childhood Autism Rating Scale-2 (CARS-2) * Having a speech sound disorder as determined by a score ≤ 30th percentile on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3) * Demonstrate a cleft-related or a phonological error on at least one phoneme. For the sound, a cleft-related or a phonological error appears at word-initial phoneme on any two of the following tests; single words on GFTA-3, American English Phrase Samples (AEPS) and Sentence Sample (AESS) on the CAPS-A AM * Willing to comply with all study procedures and availability for the study duration. Exclusion Criteria: * Demonstrates a medically diagnosed sensory or neurological disorder based on parents' report * Presents with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) due to structural anomalies or an oronasal fistula * English is not the primary language spoken at home. Bilingual children will not be excluded. * Children who do not demonstrate cleft speech characteristics.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cleft palate communication disorder Speech Sound Disorder speech-sound disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Cleft palate children Speech sound disorder

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    Lubbock, Texas, 79430, United States

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