Music Therapy for Speech and Prosody in Autistic Children (MTSPAC)

NCT ID: NCT06110884

Last Updated: 2025-07-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-17

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This research is a single-blind randomized controlled trial, where the investigators plan to recruit 40 children with autism, randomly divided into two groups. The music therapy intervention group will receive an hour of group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy. The control group will receive only traditional language therapy. The trial will last for 8 weeks, and participants in both groups will be assessed before and after the trial.

During the study, the investigators will use professional recording equipment to record their speech and use the speech analysis software to objectively compare whether there are significant differences in prosody between the two groups of children with autism before and after the intervention. Besides the acoustic measurement the investigators also assess the language abilities autism trait performance, adaptive function, emotional behavior, and parent-child stress levels.

Detailed Description

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This research is a single-blind randomized controlled trial, where the investigators plan to recruit 40 children with autism, randomly divided into two groups. The music therapy intervention group will receive an hour of group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy. The control group will receive only traditional language therapy. The trial will last for 8 weeks, and participants in both groups will be assessed before and after the trial.

During the study, the investigators will use professional recording equipment to record their speech and use the speech analysis software to objectively compare whether there are significant differences in prosody between the two groups of children with autism before and after the intervention. Besides the acoustic measurement the investigators also assess the language abilities autism trait performance, adaptive function, emotional behavior, and parent-child stress levels.

The study hypothesizes that music therapy can contribute to improving language development delays in children with autism and may enhance their language development further by ameliorating prosody abnormalities. The investigators hope that this research can propose more diversified therapeutic methods for language development in children with autism.

Conditions

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Autism Language Delay Speech Disorders in Children

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Music therapy group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

music therapy, speech therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

receive group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy

Control group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

speech therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

receive only traditional language therapy

Interventions

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music therapy, speech therapy

receive group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

speech therapy

receive only traditional language therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* children with autism
* aged 3-5 y/o
* children with speech delay (T-score of Preschool Language Scale \< 40)
* Mandarin as first language

Exclusion Criteria

* children with other neurological diseases
* children without verbal output
* children with articulation or voice disorder
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

5 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-chu branch

Hsinchu, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Chih-en Liu, university

Role: CONTACT

886-3-5326151 ext. 523522

Shu-mei Yang, MD

Role: CONTACT

886-972653754

Facility Contacts

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CHIH EN LIU, Bachelor of speech therapy

Role: primary

+886-3-532-6151 ext. 523522

Other Identifiers

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202307099RIND

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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