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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01780090
Handheld Technology for Speech Development in Students With Autism
Handheld Technology for Speech Development in Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
Study Overview
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Connecticut
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
- Yale Child Study Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- SLPs, in Connecticut Public Schools, who provide intervention to students with autism spectrum disorders.
- Students, ages 4 - 19, who attend school in Connecticut and demonstrate prosodic difficulties secondary to a diagnosis of ASD.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Students with concommitant genetic disorders
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: iPad software
Student participants will use specialized, iPad software under the direction of the SLP, 1 time a week over the course of 2 months.
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A specialized iPad application, entitled SpeechPrompts, has been developed to treat prosodic difficulties commonly seen in ASDs.
SpeechPrompts provides the SLPs that work with students with ASDs an additional tool to treat prosody.
The SpeechPrompts software offers visual support and biofeedback to change prosody.
These two tools are not typically available for school-based SLPs.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Learning of software
Time Frame: 3 months
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Assessment of Outcome: Each speech-language pathologist (SLP) will complete a software training then take a post-training online assessment measuring software competency. |
3 months
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Usability of software
Time Frame: 3 months
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Assessment of Outcome: SLPs will complete satisfaction surveys and attend a focus group to obtain information regarding software usability. |
3 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Student engagement in treatment
Time Frame: 3 months
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Assessment of Outcome: SLPs will rate the student's engagement using a rating scale after each treatment session with the iPad and software. |
3 months
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Software effectiveness
Time Frame: 3 months
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Assessment of Outcome: SLPs will rate student participants' prosody before and after iPad treatment using a specialized rubric to measure changes in speech production. |
3 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Frederick Shic, Ph.D., Yale University
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 1208010627
- ED-IES-12-R-0007 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Department of Education)
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