Methylphenidate in Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary

The purpose of this study is to describe the possible effects of methylphenidate (MPH) on speech intelligibility in children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) aged 6-12 years. This outcome will be compared between MPH intake and placebo intake.

Timeline

Start

2022-03-14

Primary completion

2025-10-27

Completion

2025-10-27

Publications

• Background Fraile R, Saenz-Lechon N, Godino-Llorente JI, Osma-Ruiz V, Fredouille C. Automatic detection of laryngeal pathologies in records of sustained vowels by means of mel-frequency cepstral coefficient parameters and differentiation of patients by sex. Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2009;61(3):146-52. doi: 10.1159/000219950. Epub 2009 Jul 1.
• Background Sapir S, Ramig LO, Spielman JL, Fox C. Formant centralization ratio: a proposal for a new acoustic measure of dysarthric speech. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2010 Feb;53(1):114-25. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0184). Epub 2009 Nov 30.
• Background Vergis, Ballard, K. J., Duffy, J. R., McNeil, M. R., Scholl, D., & Layfield, C. (2014). An acoustic measure of lexical stress differentiates aphasia and aphasia plus apraxia of speech after stroke. Aphasiology, 28(5), 554-575. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.889275
• Background Vogel, A., Skarrat, J., Castles, J., Synofzik, M. . (2016). Video game-based speech rehabilitation for reducing dysarthria severity in adults with degenerative ataxia. European Journal of Neurology, 23(227).

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