Ultrasound Visual Biofeedback for Speech Sound Disorders in Children
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Ultrasound Visual Biofeedback Treatment for Speech Sound Disorders in Children
IRAS ID
174223
Contact name
James M Scobbie
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Queen Margaret University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Speech, Language and Communication difficulties (SLCD) are common in childhood. They pose a major challenge to society, affecting educational attainment and the social and emotional health of over one million children and young adults in the UK. The most common type of SLCD is a speech sound disorder (SSD), in which children’s speech is difficult to understand.
Traditionally, interventions for SSDs rely heavily on auditory skills, in that clients must listen to their own productions and modify them using auditory cues. This is difficult for children for whom auditory skills are weak and teaching children new articulations is problematic because the target articulations are difficult to see or describe.
This project will use ultrasound to create images of the tongue in real-time, providing children and their Speech and Language Therapists with visual biofeedback that will be used to help in the remediation of previously intractable speech sound disorders.REC name
South East Scotland REC 01
REC reference
15/SS/0037
Date of REC Opinion
30 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion