Predicting Treatment Outcomes in Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research
Ng, W. L., McCabe, P., et al. (2022).
Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 65(5), 1784-1799.
This systematic review and meta-analysis investigate potential predictors of treatment outcomes in Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment for children with childhood apraxia of speech.
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2006 to June 2020
Published and unpublished treatment studies
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<div>Findings demonstrated that the use of Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST) improved in production of treated pseudowords and untreated real words in children with childhood apraxia of speech. </div>
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<div>Higher baseline expressive language and percentage of vowels correct, higher Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation scores, lower baseline speech inconsistency, and higher pretreatment accuracy on pseudoword targets predicted greater performance on treated pseudowords posttreatment. Higher pretreatment accuracy on real words predicted greater performance on untreated real words posttreatment. </div>
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<div>Small sample size, a limited number of included studies, and reduced methodological rigor were notable limitations. Further research is warranted. </div>
