Ultrasound mirror for tongue may boost speech rehab
NCT ID NCT02752425
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether showing people a live ultrasound image of their tongue during speech therapy helps them improve faster. It included 18 adults and children with speech problems after surgery or brain injury. They compared therapy sessions with and without the ultrasound feedback to see if the visual aid made a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ultrasound echography device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new tool to make speech therapy more effective for people with speech troubles after surgery or brain damage.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early study with only 18 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit of visual feedback may be small or not last long.
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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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18 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2016
- Finished
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May 2018
- 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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8 to 80 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: * Articulatory troubles needing speech therapy * French mother tongue * Adult patients \[18 ≥ age \< 80 years\] who underwent buccopharyngeal surgery after cancer diagnostic OR children \[8 ≥ age \< 18 years\] suffering from central nervous system damage Exclusion Criteria: * Incapacity to easily understand the speech therapist instructions * People protected by the law * People deprived from freedom by judiciary decision * Potential allergy to the water-based conducting gel used to ensure good skin - probe contact * Overweight if large fatty mass under chin * Major edema under chin limiting echogenicity * Non corrected vision or hearing problems * For the adults: central or peripheral neural damage * History of Ear, Nose, and Throat surgery or radiotherapy * For the adults: isolated articulatory trouble, former articulatory trouble not treated, disfluency * Massive orofacial dyspraxia * Posture trouble * Motor problem in upper limbs
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Médical Rocheplane
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, 38400, France
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Institut d'Education Motrice
Eybens, 38320, France
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