Ultrasound Biofeedback for Speech Sound Disorders
Status: | Completed |
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Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 8 - 50 |
Updated: | 7/13/2016 |
Start Date: | May 2013 |
End Date: | July 2016 |
Biofeedback and Speech Disorders
Children with speech sound disorders will receive speech therapy using real-time images of
the tongue from ultrasound. These images will be used to cue the child to change the tongue
position when producing speech sounds.
the tongue from ultrasound. These images will be used to cue the child to change the tongue
position when producing speech sounds.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants must be native English-speaking children with no known hearing or vision
deficits. Participants must be within the specified age range and have been
identified as having speech production difficulties by a local speech-language
therapist.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants will be excluded if there is a history of oral structural impairment
(e.g., cleft palate), hearing or vision impairment, history of neurological
impairment or injury, developmental disabilities such as Down Syndrome or Autism, or
intellectual disability.
During initial testing, participants must score below a standard score of 75 on the
Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 and also score below 20% accurate on a probe list
of words assessing accuracy of the /r/ sound
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