Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for Children With Speech Sound Disorder (The MISLToe-SSD) Study: Developing a Core Outcome Set (COS) for Routine Data Collection From UK NHS Speech and Language Therapy Services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with speech sound disorder (SSD) are at risk of long-term adverse consequences if appropriate intervention is not provided in a timely way. Although there are interventions of proven efficacy, these are often not implemented with good fidelity in clinical practice. Children with SSD in the United Kingdom are commonly managed in care pathways within NHS and independent speech and language therapy services. It is not known which care pathways are most effective because there is currently no systematic recording or analysis of intervention outcomes for children with SSD.

Aims

The objective of the MISLToe-SSD study is to develop an evidence-based protocol for collecting routine data on a large-scale so that UK SSD care pathways can be evaluated for clinical-

SUBMITTER: Stringer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12784794 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature