New Therapeutical Perspectives in Cases of Phonological Disorders

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Speech Sound Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Software Phonological Therapy- SIFALA; Behavioral: Placebo Therapy; Behavioral: Traditional Phonological Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02935062

28053914.1.0000.5346

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to verify phonological and auditory aspects of children submitted to traditional phonological therapy, phonological therapy using a software and placebo therapy in children with phonological disorders.

Full description

The study will provide different therapeutic approaches for cases of phonological disorders, the classical approach would be mediated by Cycles Model, innovated approach is performed by means of an intervention speech software-SIFALA, there will still be the group that does not receive any of the proposals therapies that will be the placebo group.The study will provide 25 sessions for each group, with 30 minutes in each group. At the end of these sessions, the placebo group will receive one of the therapeutic approaches. With these three study groups, the investigators understand in what manner to obtain correct sounds is more effective.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 9 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents/guardians and child agree to participate and have signed the Informed Consent Form;
• Have age between 4:0 to 8:11 (years:months);
• Present diagnosis of phonological disorders;
• Present hearing thresholds within the normal range

Exclusion criteria

• Present neurological impairment, emotional and/or cognitive clearly diagnosed, or have complaint;
• Present any degree of hearing loss is the type conductive, mixed or sensorineural, and middle ear disorders in time of selection, as well as having presented otitis complaints;
• Present language impairment associated with speech sound disorder;
• Present commitment in the stomatognathic system that can interfere in the speech production;
• Have been received speech and language therapy before.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Traditional Phonological Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

This intervention will be intermediated by the traditional model cycles. This approach has the principle of treating the suppression of operant phonological processes in child's speech, from the awareness of sound-target characteristics operating in that phonological process.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Traditional Phonological Therapy

Software Phonological Therapy- SIFALA

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention will be intermediated by the software SIFALA. The software SIFALA, allows to select target segments using the Modelo de Estratos (second model Strata), based on the level segment of production and complexity of distinctive features, from the child's sound system analysis and planned generalizations. It also seeks the treatment of phonological disorders, by selection stimulus words in more favorable environments and playful activities with computer resource for the correct production of the target segment in the words stimulus, promoting the spread segments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Software Phonological Therapy- SIFALA

Placebo Therapy

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No interventional group. This group will be the sham group. The proposed activities will be fun games on the computer, there is no relationship with speech and it will be not emphasized the correct sound production, will only play activities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Placebo Therapy