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Speech Sound Disorder clinical trials and research

• 12Clinical trials
• 3NIH research projects
• 2Countries

Newest Speech Sound Disorder clinical trials

All recruiting trials (12)

• Help children ages 7–11 say the /s/ sound more clearly

  It will try short, online speech lessons to help children ages 7–11 who have trouble saying the /s/ sound.

  Recruiting Syracuse University · Syracuse, New York · NCT07214480

• Online visual-acoustic biofeedback to correct /s/ (lisp) distortions

  This trial will test whether live online visual-acoustic biofeedback helps children aged 8 to 17 who have persistent distortions of the /s/ sound.

  Recruiting Montclair State University · Bloomfield, New Jersey · NCT07041723

• Online treatment for improving speech sound disorders in children

  This study is testing if an online treatment that focuses on listening skills first or speaking skills first can help children with speech sound disorders improve their speech.

  Recruiting Montclair State University · Montclair, New Jersey · NCT06969521

• AI-guided home practice for improving speech sound production

  This study is testing if using an AI program at home can help children and teens with Speech Sound Disorder improve how they say the 'r' sound compared to regular treatment alone.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Phase 2 New York University · Bloomfield, New Jersey and 1 other locations · NCT06884943

• Ultrasound therapy for children with speech sound disorders

  This study is testing if using ultrasound to help kids with speech sound disorders, especially those with brain tumors or cleft palates, can improve their speech by showing them how to move their tongues correctly.

  Recruiting The University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong · NCT06831396

• Visual-acoustic biofeedback intervention for children with speech sound disorder

  This study tests if a new speech therapy using visual and sound feedback works just as well for kids with speech sound disorder when done in person or online.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Phase 2 New York University · Bloomfield, New Jersey and 2 other locations · NCT06517225

• Investigating language development in children with communication challenges

  This study is testing new ways to measure language growth in preschoolers with communication challenges, like Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, to see what helps them learn to talk better.

  Recruiting University of Central Florida · Orlando, Florida · NCT06512168

• Speech intervention for bilingual children with speech sound disorders

  This study is testing different speech treatments in English and Spanish to see which helps bilingual children with speech sound disorders improve their speaking skills better.

  Recruiting Phase 1 University of Iowa · Iowa City, Iowa · NCT06416306

• AI-assisted treatment for improving speech sound disorders in children

  This study is testing if using an AI tool along with regular speech lessons can help children with speech sound disorders learn to say the 'r' sound better.

  Recruiting Syracuse University · Syracuse, New York · NCT05988515

• Intensive treatment for children with speech sound disorders

  This study tests whether more frequent speech therapy sessions can help school-age children with speech sound disorders improve their speech better than traditional therapy schedules.

  Recruiting Phase 1/2 Syracuse University · Syracuse, New York · NCT05929859

• Linking phonological and morpho-syntactic patterns in children with language disorders

  This study is testing how well children with language disorders, aged 4 to 8, can learn sounds and word patterns to help create better ways to support their language development.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Tucson, Arizona and 1 other locations · NCT04558541

• Analyzing speech changes in jaw surgery patients

  This study looks at how jaw surgery affects the way people speak by recording their speech and tongue movements before and after the surgery.

  Recruiting University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, North Carolina · NCT04117360

NIH-funded research (3)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• Predicting which speech sound delays persist or improve in young children

  This project looks at 4-year-olds with speech sound difficulty to predict who will still have it at age 7 and how to tailor better therapy.

  NIH research Purdue University · West Lafayette, United States · NIH-11367761

• Improving speech for Spanish–English bilingual children with sound difficulties

  This work will teach Spanish–English bilingual children with speech sound problems to produce harder speech sounds so their overall speech improves in both languages.

  NIH research University of Iowa · Iowa City, United States · NIH-11318900

• Improving speech treatment for bilingual children with speech sound disorders

  This study is looking for better ways to help Spanish-English bilingual kids with speech sound disorders improve their speech and school success, so they can get the same opportunities as other children.

  NIH research University of Iowa · Iowa City, United States · NIH-11040339

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Quick answers

How many Speech Sound Disorder clinical trials are recruiting right now?

12, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 2 countries. The most sites are in United States (11 trials), Hong Kong (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 2: 2, Phase 1/2: 1, Phase 1: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

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