That is fine! The strength of your paper should rest on the importance of the research question and quality of the research design (assessed in Stage 1 of the review process), not the perceived novelty of the results.
In Stage 1, reviewers evaluate the importance of the research question and quality of the proposed design. At the conclusion of this stage, the editor
Stage 1 In Stage 1, reviewers are asked to review the registered report along five dimensions: Importance of the research question Soundness of proposed hypothesis
ASHA publishes four peer-reviewed scholarly journals and one peer-reviewed scholarly review journal pertaining to the general field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) and to the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. These journals are the American Journal of Audiology; American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools; and Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. These journals have the collective mission of disseminating research findings, theoretical advances, and clinical knowledge in CSD.
