Adaptation of a Rehabilitation Program for Prosody and Its Application on Egyptian Hearing Impaired Children - Trial NCT04691830

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Primary Outcome

change in prosodic skill assessment protocol subjective measures,change in prosodic skill assessment protocol mean frequency measures,change in prosodic skill assessment protocol mean duration measures,change in prosodic skill assessment protocol mean energy measures,Change in Arabic prosodic assessment tool subjective ratings,Change in Arabic prosodic assessment tool frequency measures,Change in Arabic prosodic assessment tool duration measures,Change in Arabic prosodic assessment tool energy measures

Summary

Prosody is the melody and rhythm of speech, it is used to refer to the supra segmental
 aspects of speech including pitch, loudness and duration. Variations in these features
 achieve different prosodic functions and are perceived by the listener as meaningful changes.
 The role of prosody in language acquisition and effective communication is documented in
 research. Nevertheless, prosodic intervention in children with hearing impairment received
 less attention compared to other speech and language areas.
 
 The aim of this study is to adapt the prosody treatment program, an evidence based
 rehabilitation program, and to detect the efficacy of its activities in improving the
 prosodic skills of Egyptian hearing impaired children.
 
 The prosody treatment program is an evidence-based practice targeting receptive and
 expressive prosodic skills in addition to speech production, intelligibility, pragmatics and
 phonology. The program is applied using a systematic approach of providing cues following the
 principles adapted from dynamic temporal and tactile cueing (DTTC) for speech motor learning
 to help accelerate the child's learning of the prosodic skills targeted in this program. The
 program was translated to Arabic and adapted to be suitable for the Egyptian children.

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