Effect of Sensory Integration in Speech Therapy for Children With Autism

NCT ID: NCT06927583

Last Updated: 2025-07-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-17
• Study Completion Date: 2025-07-01

Brief Summary

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is considered one of the commonest developmental disabilities, characterized mainly by impairments in social performance and communicative skills, repetitive stereotypical behaviors, and restriction in interests and activities, with a combination of sensory, cognitive, behavioral, and communication features which persist throughout life. Caminha & Lampreia specified that there is a significantly high prevalence of sensory processing dysfunctions in ASD. Sensory processing means how the central and peripheral nervous systems deal with the incoming sensory input from different sensory organs; visual, auditory, smell, taste, tactile, proprioception, and vestibular information. Sensory processing dysfunction is the neurological dysfunction affecting the adequate reception, modulation, integration, discrimination, or organization of sensory stimuli, and the behavioral responses to the sensory input. Sensory integration therapy (SIT) is a frequent type of therapy that aims to improve a child's ability to perceive and integrate sensory input in order to explore more ordered and appropriate actions. SIT improves motor skills, social relationships, attention, behavior control, language and pre-linguistic communicative abilities, reading comprehension, participation in play activities, and personal identification. Therefore, the need for further explicit assessment of sensory integration intervention among ASD children has been increased to identify its gains in social and verbal interactions. This study aimed to estimate the impact of sensory integration therapy on language development in autism spectrum disorder children.46 ASD children will enroll in this study, their ages ranged from 3-10 years, males and females, divided into two groups (group I received speech therapy sessions together with sensory integration therapy sessions, group II received speech therapy sessions only) went through two stages of evaluation before and after receiving their sessions with one year apart. All children were subjected to Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), sensory profile assessment by Short Sensory profile (SSP) and Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (The ABLLS-R).Data will be taken from Clinics and Schools having children with autism

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Sensory integration therapy

Experimental group was given sensory integration therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

sensory integration therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

sensory integration therapy include 2 categories that comprised of 9 strategies.

Traditional Speech therapy

Control group was given traditional speech therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional Speech therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control group was given traditional speech therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.

Interventions

sensory integration therapy

sensory integration therapy include 2 categories that comprised of 9 strategies.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Traditional Speech therapy

Control group was given traditional speech therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Traditional speech therapy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Pre diagnosed autistic children
• Both male and female
• Age range:3 years to 10 years
• Moderately severe

Exclusion Criteria

• Autism with any comorbid will be excluded ( hearing impaired, Any syndrome)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Hina Omer, Ms(SLP)

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

Hayyati Clinic

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

References

Barros VdM, Folha DRdSC, Pinheiro RC, Della Barba PCdSJCBdTO. Sensory processing and engagement: a systematic review. 2023;31:e3521.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Randell E, Wright M, Milosevic S, Gillespie D, Brookes-Howell L, Busse-Morris M, Hastings R, Maboshe W, Williams-Thomas R, Mills L, Romeo R, Yaziji N, McKigney AM, Ahuja A, Warren G, Glarou E, Delport S, McNamara R. Sensory integration therapy for children with autism and sensory processing difficulties: the SenITA RCT. Health Technol Assess. 2022 Jun;26(29):1-140. doi: 10.3310/TQGE0020.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 35766242 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

REC/RCR & AHS/24/0659

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id