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Using the Babble Boot Camp© Speech Therapy Approach With Babies Born Prematurely

NCT07738224 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2026-08-19

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Summary

Babble Boot Camp focuses on early speech and language development, environmental enrichment and supporting parent-infant interaction with the aim of improving communication outcomes and parental well-being in at risk children.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if this parent-coaching speech therapy intervention delivered via telehealth helps to support babies born very preterm with their earliest stages of communication.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does Babble Boot Camp increase language outcomes in infants born very preterm? Is Babble Boot Camp able to be successfully completed by caregivers, and do caregivers believe Babble Boot Camp is possible to implement at home? What is the family impact of Babble Boot Camp?

Participants will:

Be randomly assigned into either a "treatment group" or a "usual care group." If allocated into the treatment group using Babble Boot Camp, participants will attend weekly 15-minute therapy sessions with a speech pathologist for 6 months.

Both groups ("treatment group" or a "usual care group") will complete questionaries at enrollment and when the child participant is 6, and 12 months old (corrected age).

Conditions

  • Premature Infants

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Babble Boot Camp

The intervention will be delivered by the following method: Weekly 15-minute telehealth sessions with topics around understanding and responding to infant behaviour, promoting development through enhanced parent child interaction and demonstrating intervention activities. Toys will be used to facilitate language development with parents coached on appropriate interactions. During these sessions, the therapist will coach the parent to deliver intervention activities with their infant during daily routines and activities. The parent will record 2-3 short videos of their child to be submitted to the therapist weekly prior to the telehealth session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Angela T Morgan · Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-31
Primary Completion
2028-08-31
Completion
2028-08-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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