Brief Report: A Mobile Application to Treat Prosodic Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Impairments: A Pilot Study.
This study examined the acceptability of a mobile application, SpeechPrompts, designed to treat prosodic disorders in children with ASD and other communication impairments. Ten speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in public schools and 40 of their students, 5-19 years with prosody deficits participated. Students received treatment with the software over eight weeks. Pre- and post-treatment speech samples and student engagement data were collected. Feedback on the utility of the software was also obtained. SLPs implemented the software with their students in an authentic education setting. Student engagement ratings indicated students' attention to the software was maintained during treatment. Although more testing is warranted, post-treatment prosody ratings suggest that SpeechPrompts has potential to be a useful tool in the treatment of prosodic disorders.
Child Study Center, Yale University, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7D, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. elizabeth.schoen@yale.edu.
Elizabeth Schoen
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Simmons
Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA.
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Paul
Child Study Center, Yale University, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7D, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012574:Schools; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013334:Students; D055815:Young Adult
Autism; Intervention; Prosody; Speech; Technology