Early Intervention in Very Preterm Children

Erasmus Medical Center25 enrolled

Overview

* The aim of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of a short, highly structured parent based speech intervention program on speech development in very preterm children with a Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) at 2 years of age. * The hypothesis of this study is that early intervention on speech development is effective in improving the speech development in preterm children with SSD at 2 years of age compared to a no treatment group (usual care at this age).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Prematurity Speech Sound Disorder

Interventions

Early parent-based speech intervention programOTHER

Seven 1h sessions during a three-month period.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 24 MonthsMax age: 27 Months

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * birth weight \< 1500 grams or gestational age \< 32 weeks * singleton birth * no major neurodevelopmental disabilities, and * Dutch speaking family background

Locations (1)

Erasmus Medical University Center

Rotterdam, Netherlands

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of acquired consonants produced by the child

Time frame: 12 months after the onset of treatment

Central Contacts

IL Van Noort-van der Spek

CONTACT

i.vanderspek@erasmusmc.nl

MCJP Franken

CONTACT

m.franken@erasmusmc.nl

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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