Clinical trials: Communication Disorders
Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression
Rosie the Chatbot: Leveraging Automated and Personalized Health Information Communication
Rosie the Chatbot is an educational chatbot that moms can have on their computers or cellphones and will work by moms typing in their questions about pregnancy, health, infant milestones, and other variety of health related…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression, Infant Development, Infant Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT06053515
- Testing
- Rosie the Chatbot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
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
Language Development Disorders
Kindergarten Children Acquiring Words Through Storybook Reading
Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) are slower to learn new words than their peers, placing them at risk for academic failure.
- Trial name
- KAWStory (NCT03586479)
- Testing
- Interactive storybook reading
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Pediatric Powered Wheelchair Standing Devices: An Exploratory Study
For children who use a power wheelchair, a powered wheelchair standing device (PWSD) may be considered for daily use. A PWSD allows a child to electronically move between sitting and standing and can be driven in either position.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida
- Trial name
- NCT05117827
- Testing
- Power Wheelchair Standing Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Grand Valley State University
Dyslexia, Special Education
Multiple Family Narrative Therapy for Chinese Families of Children With Dyslexia
The goal of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to develop and to implement a multiple family narrative therapy (MFNT) intervention consisting of parent-child relationships training among Chinese families of children with…
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Special Education, Special Needs Children
- Trial name
- MFNT-CDYS (NCT05949346)
- Testing
- Multiple Family Narrative Therapy (MFNT), School services for families of children with Dyslexia
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Characterization of (A)Typical Sensorimotor Pathways in Individuals With Autism
The goal of this interventional study is to understand whether sensorimotor skills could represent an endophenotype for autism, i.e.
- Trial name
- MovAUT (NCT07389720)
- Testing
- clinical assessment, Neuropsychological examination, Neurophysiological evaluation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Dyslexia, Developmental
Neural Mechanisms of Successful Intervention in Children With Dyslexia
Dyslexia, an impairment in accurate or fluent word recognition, is the most common learning disability affecting roughly ten percent of children.
- Trial name
- NCT04323488
- Testing
- Lindamood-Bell Seeing Stars
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Child Nutrition Disorders
Effect of Behavior Change Communication About Improved Micronutrient Intake on Nutritional Status and Academic Performance of School Age Children in Meskan District, Gurage Zone, South Ethiopia
A cluster randomized controlled trial was chosen to exploit the robustness of this design to help ascertain the efficacy of the BCC intervention compared to the routine dietary practice.
- Trial name
- BCC (NCT02956941)
- Testing
- BCC on Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (ENHAs)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 376 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Development, Infant, Development, Language
Early Neurophysiological Markers of Language Impairments
The present project aims at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for language impairments. The long-term goals of the study include the characterization of learning developmental trajectories in children at…
- Conditions
- Development, Infant, Development, Language, Developmental Language Disorder, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT05767242
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Stuttering
Genetic Factors Related to Stuttering
Stuttering is an abnormality in speech that affects the rhythm of speech. People who stutter know what they wish to say, but at the time are unable to say it because of involuntary repetition, unnecessary lengthening…
- Trial name
- NCT00001602
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Motor Delay
Effects of Conventional Physical Therapy With and Without Cuevas Medek Exercises in Developmental Delay
There are several etiologies for developmental delay (DD). One of the main causes of developmental delay is cerebral palsy (CP), which has a variety of clinical characteristics brought on by damage to the developing brain.
- Trial name
- NCT06522451
- Testing
- conventional physical therapy, Conventional physical therapy along with cuevas medek exercises
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Prematurity, Extreme Prematurity
Early Intervention Based on Neonatal Crawling in Very Premature Infants at Risk For Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Extreme prematurity is constantly increasing according to the World Health Organization. However, methods to train premature infants at risk of disability is sorely lacking. The goal of this project is to overcome this problem.
- Conditions
- Prematurity, Extreme Prematurity, Infant Development, Brain Damage
- Trial name
- Premalocom2 (NCT06027645)
- Testing
- Crawling stimulation with a mini-skateboard (i.e. the crawliskate)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Marianne Barbu-Roth
Intellectual Disability, Intellectual Disability, Mild
Therapeutic Play in Children With Mild Intellectual Disability
The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a designed therapeutic play activities program on improving motor adaptive behavior in a sample of Egyptian children with mild intellectual disabilities.
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Intellectual Disability, Mild, Motor and Developmental Delay, Motor Delay
- Trial name
- NCT06735482
- Testing
- Therapeutic play program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Beni-Suef University
Selective Mutism
Randomised Controlled Treatment Study of Selective Mutism
Selective mutism (SM) describes inhibited and withdrawn children who are persistently mute in central situations despite ability to talk. SM may cause great suffering and create problems, both socially and related to learning.
- Trial name
- NCT01002196
- Testing
- Stimulus fading procedures, Guidance on defocused communication
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse
Stress
Impact of Serial Bedside Video Calls on Stress Level in Parents of Infants Admitted to NICU
The goal of this randomized prospective interventional study is to determine if serial bedside video calls w/audio feature to NICU parents in addition to the routine phone and/or bedside updates can reduce parental stress level.
- Trial name
- NCT06252883
- Testing
- Serial bedside video call communication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Cook County Health
Pain, Anxiety
Vibrating, Cold Device for Pediatric Intravenous (IV) Cannulation Pain Relief
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of Buzzy®, a battery-powered reusable device that provides cold and vibration, in reducing the pain associated with intravenous (IV) cannulation.
- Trial name
- NCT01394250
- Testing
- Buzzy, Topical Lidocaine 4% Cream
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Stuttering
Development and Pilot Testing of Virtually Simulated Intervention for Patients Having Stuttering
This study aims to develop and pilot test a culturally appropriate virtual reality (VR)-based speech restructuring intervention for individuals with stuttering in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT07833969
- Testing
- Virtually Simulated Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Language Development Disorders
Using Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) With Children Who Have Language Delays.
The study aims to explore whether the intervention Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) has an impact on the development of the language and sociocognitive skills of children aged between 2 and 5 with identified language delays.
- Trial name
- NCT06250218
- Testing
- Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Dyslexia
Evaluation of the Performance and Safety of a Medical Device Developed to Improve the Reading of Dyslexic Patients
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new medical device on the improvement of reading skills of dyslexic patients.
- Trial name
- DysLight (NCT04157829)
- Testing
- Scintilling lamp, Classic lamp
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- SATT Ouest Valorisation
Education
Effectiveness of an Early Reading Intervention for Young Children With Intellectual Disabilities Who Need or Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
The goal of this 2x2 factorial randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of two literacy interventions delivered at different time points, in kindergarten and in first grade, on the development of literacy…
- Trial name
- NCT07116200
- Testing
- Early Literacy Intervention in Kindergarten, Literacy Intervention in First Grade
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ostfold University College