Clinical trials: Child Language
Language Impairment
Determining Optimal Treatment Intensity for Children With Language Impairment
The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of speech-language intervention children with language impairment need to make vocabulary gains.
- Trial name
- NCT04501536
- Testing
- Word Learning Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Hearing Loss, Language Impairment
Retrieval Practice for Word Learning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
This study is designed to advance the promising yet underutilized research on retrieval practice by evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of two key retrieval practice features (feedback and spacing).
- Trial name
- NCT05512000
- Testing
- Feedback with massed trials, Feedback with spaced trials, No feedback with massed trials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hearing Loss, Language Development
Improving Outcomes Using Technology for Children Who Are DHH
This study evaluates the efficacy of using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology for enhancing language development in children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Language Development, Social Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT02998164
- Testing
- augmentative and alternative communication technology, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Premature Birth
Single-center Retrospective Study : Developmental Trajectories of Children Born Prematurely Before 32 Weeks Assessed With the Revised Brunet Lézine Scale at 1, 2 and 3 Years
This study will assess professionals in the CHI Créteil neonatal department and the Val de Marne perinatal network to gain a better understanding of the developmental trajectories of children hospitalized at the CHI Créteil, with…
- Trial name
- NCT06731686
- Testing
- Retrospective study
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Peer Interventions for Preschoolers With Autism
This proposal will evaluate a series of peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) for preschool children (3 to 6 years) with ASD and limited or no spoken language, using an innovative Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial…
- Trial name
- PIPA (NCT05799599)
- Testing
- Stay-Play-Talk Basic, Stay-Play-Talk Plus, Stay-Play-Talk Advanced
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Virtual Reality Game to Enhance Auditory Processing in Children With Cochlear Implants
This study aimed to design and evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual reality-based restaurant simulation game to improve central auditory processing skills in children with bilateral cochlear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT06788184
- Testing
- Virtual Reality (VR) Game for Auditory Processing, Traditional Auditory Rehabilitation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Aydın University
Developmental Language Disorders
Treating Complex Grammar Knowledge Deficits in School-Age Children With Developmental Language Disorder
The goal of this project is to compare the relative effectiveness of two novel treatments to improve the complex grammar knowledge of school-age (8-11-year-old) children with developmental language disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- DLD Treatment (NCT06911138)
- Testing
- Behavorial
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
Specific Language Impairment
Improving STEM Outcomes for Young Children With Language Learning Disabilities
The sophisticated language of science can be a barrier to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning, especially for children who have specific language impairment (SLI).
- Trial name
- NCT03438760
- Testing
- Science + Phonological Awareness, Science + Grammar Intervention, Science + Vocabulary Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Developmental Language Disorder, Explicit Intervention
Evaluation of an Explicit Approach
This study is a randomized clinical trial that uses a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) study design. The study will directly compare the efficacy of an innovative intervention that combines explicit and…
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder, Explicit Intervention, Grammatical Language
- Trial name
- NCT04902508
- Testing
- Implicit-only, Explicit-added
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, Cognitive Impairment
Gestational Diabetes Mother-infant Cohort
The bi-directional dynamic cohort study is to learn about the effects of prenatal exposure to high blood glucose levels and postnatal nurturing environment factors on delayed language development in children.
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, Cognitive Impairment, Cohort Study
- Trial name
- NCT06021691
- Testing
- Acquired nurturing environment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gansu Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Combination Treatment for Augmenting Language in Children With ASD
The study will consist of two main elements: the enrollment of 72 children aged 6-11 years with ASD and low language competency to receive a thrice-weekly one hour language intervention for 12 weeks; and, beginning at the same…
- Trial name
- PIII (NCT02574741)
- Testing
- Behavioral Therapy, Aripiprazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders
Rural Autistic Individuals - Supporting Expression
This research study investigates how hand gestures can support language comprehension and communication skills of hearing speaking, non-speaking, and/or minimally verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are…
- Conditions
- Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders, ADHD, Typical Development
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT07054866)
- Testing
- Speech-Gesture combinations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Deaf Nonspeaking, Not Elsewhere Classified
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Guidance Program for Parents of Deaf Children
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent guidance program on (1) the parent's communication skills, (2) the parent's sense of competence and (3) the child's language development.
- Trial name
- Irsa-Triangle (NCT06223152)
- Testing
- parental support
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milieu Teaching-AV: Adaptation of Milieu Teaching That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Susceptibility to, 6
- Trial name
- MilieuTeach-AV (NCT07494513)
- Testing
- Milieu Teaching-AV, Milieu Teaching-NoAV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Genetic Syndrome, Language Development
Study of an Early Parenting Intervention for Children With Genetic Abnormalities and Mental Health Problems
The GAP study is a randomized controlled trial that aims to determine the feasibility and efficacy of the "Incredible Years Autism Spectrum and Language Delays" (IY-ASLD®) intervention for families of children with developmental…
- Conditions
- Genetic Syndrome, Language Development, Autism or Autistic Traits, Parenting
- Trial name
- The GAP (NCT06125093)
- Testing
- Incredible Years Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Parent Program (IY-ASLD®)
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Child, Development
Language and Deglutition in Children
The first years of life are considered essential to child development, as there is greater brain growth and formation of more neural connections.
- Trial name
- LDC (NCT01191671)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fortaleza University
ADHD, Dyslexia
Computerized Working Memory Training
Prior research has found that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading difficulties (RD) are at an elevated risk of developing further cognitive deficits and developmental challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT06567444
- Testing
- Working memory intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Language Disorder, Healthy
Language Stimuli Screening in Children
This study will determine baseline language skills in children 4 to 8 years old. The data will be used to design studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify what areas of the brain in children are…
- Trial name
- NCT00016796
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Stuttering, Stuttering, Childhood
Speech Processing in Stuttering
This research is being done to better understand stuttering, specifically how people who stutter may process and/or produce speech.
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering, Adult
- Trial name
- NCT04929184
- Testing
- Speech and non-speech tasks
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder With Absence of Functional Language
Aut-CARE Intervention to Improve Cognitive and Emotional Functioning in Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Currently, many autistic youths struggle to adapt to academic programs or the workforce, often turning to third-sector organizations such as specialized associations and foundations.
- Trial name
- Aut-CARE (NCT07041502)
- Testing
- Aut-CARE
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau