Infant Feeding, Non-nutritive Sucking and Speech Development

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

135 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-01

Study Completion Date

2021-05-31

Brief Summary

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This study will look at whether there is a relationship between how babies are fed, whether they suck a dummy/hand and how they develop speech.

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Detailed Description

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Background:

In the UK every year around 48,000 children aged 2-5 years are referred to NHS Speech \& Language Therapy (SLT) services with difficulties using the right sounds in their talking. This is known as speech sound disorders (SSD). This is the largest population seen by Speech and Language Therapists and costs the NHS about £24 million per year.

Children with SSD are more at risk of mental health problems and difficulties making relationships with those around them. They are also more likely to struggle with learning at school and be involved with the criminal justice system at some point in their early lives. When a baby is born parents make different choices about feeding their baby. Some breastfeed, some bottle-feed and some use a mixture of both. Some babies also like to have a dummy, while others suck their hand and some don't suck anything. Some studies have found that breastfeeding is linked to better language and learning in later childhood, while others have found that dummy sucking has the opposite effect.

However, the effect that different types of feeding have on speech development has not been looked at in as much detail.

Conditions

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Speech Disorders in Children

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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NHS Sample

Children diagnosed with speech sound disorder aged 2-5 years

Speech Sound Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Formal standardised speech sound assessment typically used as part of standard NHS care by Speech and language Therapists

Interventions

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Speech Sound Assessment

Formal standardised speech sound assessment typically used as part of standard NHS care by Speech and language Therapists

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children aged 2;0-5;6 on current speech and language therapy clinical caseloads in Hampshire (Solent NHS Trust) who have a diagnosis of speech sound disorder.

Exclusion Criteria

* Genetic Disorder (including Downs Syndrome and other identified syndromes) Other congenital anomaly (e.g Cerebral Palsy, Global Developmental Delay) Diagnosed Learning Disability Permanent Hearing Loss (Sensorineural) Cleft lip and/or palate and/or submucous cleft palate Premature birth (before 37 completed weeks gestation) English as second or additional language

Minimum Eligible Age

24 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

66 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No