Speech Intervention Via Telepractice for Children With Repaired Cleft Palate

Inclusion Criteria

• •Within the ages 5;0 and 11;11 (years; months) at enrollment and for enrollment duration
• •Having normal hearing based on a pure-tone hearing screening at 20 dB HL bilaterally at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000Hz. Children with a history of hearing loss or children who currently are properly equipped with amplification will be included if they pass the hearing screening
• •Having typical nonverbal IQ, language, and socioemotional function as determined by a T-score with no more than -1.5 SD from the mean on Kauffman Brief Intelligence Test-2 (KBIT-2), receptive language of Clinical Evaluation Language Fundamentals-5 (CELF-5 Core Language), and Childhood Autism Rating Scale-2 (CARS-2)
• •Having a speech sound disorder as determined by a score ≤ 30th percentile on the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-3 (GFTA-3)
• •Demonstrate a cleft-related or a phonological error on at least one phoneme. For the sound, a cleft-related or a phonological error appears at word-initial phoneme on any two of the following tests; single words on GFTA-3, American English Phrase Samples (AEPS) and Sentence Sample (AESS) on the CAPS-A AM
• •Willing to comply with all study procedures and availability for the study duration.