Trial reportBMJ open2019
Internet delivery of intensive speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
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- Digital health technologies for supporting home-based rehabilitation and management of children with cerebral palsy: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
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- Tele-Assessment of Oral Personal Narratives in Arabic- and Hebrew-Speaking Children Using the Global TALES Protocol.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2023Article
- Protocol for SonoSpeech Cleft Pilot: a mixed-methods pilot randomized control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft lip and palate.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Prediction of Communication Impairment in Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy Using Multivariate Lesion- and Connectome-Based Approaches: Protocol for a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Testing and implementing video consulting for outpatient appointments: using quality improvement system thinking and codesign principles.BMJ open quality · 2021Article
- Application of vocal organ correction combined with language training in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy and language disorder.Translational pediatrics · 2020Article
- Communication Modes and Functions in Children With Cerebral Palsy.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Article
- Video Consultations Between Patients and Clinicians in Diabetes, Cancer, and Heart Failure Services: Linguistic Ethnographic Study of Video-Mediated Interaction.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the feasibility of recruitment, retention, outcome measures and internet delivery of dysarthria therapy for young people with cerebral palsy in a randomised controlled trial.
designMixed methods. Single blind pilot randomised controlled trial, with control offered Skype therapy at end of study. Qualitative study of the acceptability of therapy delivery via Skype.
settingNine speech and language therapy departments in northern England recruited participants to the study. Skype therapy was provided in a university setting.
participantsTwenty-two children (14 M, 8 F) with dysarthria and cerebral palsy (mean age 8.8 years (SD 3.2)) agreed to take part. Participants were randomised to dysarthria therapy via Skype (n=11) or treatment as usual (n=11).
interventionsChildren received either usual speech therapy from their local therapist for 6 weeks or dysarthria therapy via Skype from a research therapist. Usual therapy sessions varied in frequency, duration and content. Skype dysarthria therapy focused on breath control and phonation to produce clear speech at a steady rate, and comprised three 40 min sessions per week for 6 weeks. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Feasibility and acceptability of the trial design, intervention and outcome measures.
resultsDepartments recruited two to three participants. All participants agreed to random allocation. None withdrew from the study. Recordings of children's speech were made at all time points and rated by listeners. Families allocated to Skype dysarthria therapy judged internet delivery of the therapy to be acceptable. All families reported that the study design was acceptable. Treatment integrity checks suggested that the phrases practised in one therapy exercise should be reduced in length.
conclusionsA delayed treatment design, in which dysarthria therapy is offered at the end of the study to families allocated to treatment as usual, is acceptable. A randomised controlled trial of internet delivered dysarthria therapy is feasible.
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