An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy
This study evaluates perceptual changes in speech production accuracy in six children (3 – 11 years) with moderate-to-severe speech impairment associated with cerebral palsy before, during, and after participation in a motor-speech intervention program (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonet...
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| author | Ward, Roslyn Leitão, Suze Strauss, Geoff |
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| description | This study evaluates perceptual changes in speech production accuracy in six children (3 – 11 years) with moderate-to-severe speech impairment associated with cerebral palsy before, during, and after participation in a motor-speech intervention program (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets). An A1BCA2 single subject research design was implemented. Subsequent to the baseline phase (phase A1), phase B targeted each participant’s first intervention priority on the PROMPT motor-speech hierarchy. Phase C then targeted one level higher. Weekly speech probes were administered, containing trained and untrained words at the two levels of intervention, plus an additional level that served as a control goal. The speech probes were analysed for motor-speech-movement-parameters and perceptual accuracy. Analysis of the speech probe data showed all participants recorded a statistically significant change. Between phases A1 – B and B – C 6/6 and 4/6participants, respectively, recorded a statistically significant increase in performance level on the motor speech movement patterns targeted during the training of that intervention. The preliminary data presented in this study make a contribution to providing evidence that supports the use of a treatment approach aligned with dynamic systems theory to improve the motor-speech movement patterns and speech production accuracy in children with cerebral palsy. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-390072017-09-13T14:22:14Z An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy Ward, Roslyn Leitão, Suze Strauss, Geoff intervention Cerebral palsy PROMPT motor-speech control This study evaluates perceptual changes in speech production accuracy in six children (3 – 11 years) with moderate-to-severe speech impairment associated with cerebral palsy before, during, and after participation in a motor-speech intervention program (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets). An A1BCA2 single subject research design was implemented. Subsequent to the baseline phase (phase A1), phase B targeted each participant’s first intervention priority on the PROMPT motor-speech hierarchy. Phase C then targeted one level higher. Weekly speech probes were administered, containing trained and untrained words at the two levels of intervention, plus an additional level that served as a control goal. The speech probes were analysed for motor-speech-movement-parameters and perceptual accuracy. Analysis of the speech probe data showed all participants recorded a statistically significant change. Between phases A1 – B and B – C 6/6 and 4/6participants, respectively, recorded a statistically significant increase in performance level on the motor speech movement patterns targeted during the training of that intervention. The preliminary data presented in this study make a contribution to providing evidence that supports the use of a treatment approach aligned with dynamic systems theory to improve the motor-speech movement patterns and speech production accuracy in children with cerebral palsy. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39007 10.3109/17549507.2013.876662 Informa Healthcare fulltext |
| spellingShingle | intervention Cerebral palsy PROMPT motor-speech control Ward, Roslyn Leitão, Suze Strauss, Geoff An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| title | An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| title_full | An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| title_short | An evaluation of the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| title_sort | evaluation of the effectiveness of prompt therapy in improving speech production accuracy in six children with cerebral palsy |
| topic | intervention Cerebral palsy PROMPT motor-speech control |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39007 |