Clinical trials: Language
Peer Influence
Penetrating the Classroom Social Network for Children With Language Impairment Via Peer Mediated Intervention
This exploratory experiment is designed to determine the extent to which the socialization experiences and social, behavioral, and linguistic skills of preschoolers with language impairment (LI) can be improved.
- Trial name
- PEERS (NCT06182033)
- Testing
- Peer-mediated pivotal response training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Developmental Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder
Dynamic Assessment of the Risk for Language and Reading Disorders in Monolingual and Multilingual Children
The project represents the completion of a part of the recently concluded European project MultiMind, in which a computer platform called MuLiMi was developed and validated.
- Trial name
- NCT06937255
- Testing
- computerized Dynamic Assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Language Discordance
Cost Effectiveness of Language Services in Hospital Emergency Departments (EDs)
Numerous studies suggest that the use of in-person, professionally trained medical interpreters can reduce health care costs associated with diagnosing and treating patients with limited English proficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT01041014
- Testing
- Professional medical interpreter
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 447 people
- Sponsor
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Healthy Infants
Changing Chat: Diaper Tips to Improve Language Development
This randomized trial has two sets of diapers-- a normal one and one that has tips for how to talk to and engage your toddler. The investigators are hoping that the intervention improves language development.
- Trial name
- NCT01594840
- Testing
- Changing chat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Tobacco Use, Smoking Cessation
Chatbot Counselling for Smoking Cessation in Youths
The goal of this pilot trial is to develop and examine the trial feasibility and acceptability of a chatbot for smoking cessation in youth smokers. Specific aims include: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06470776
- Testing
- Chatbot counselling, Peer counselling
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Child Development, Child Behavior
Achieving Sustained Early Child Development Impacts at Scale: A Test in Kenya
An estimated 43% of children under age 5 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience compromised development due to poverty, poor nutrition, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Child Behavior, Language, Child
- Trial name
- NCT06140017
- Testing
- Msingi Bora responsive parenting and family wellbeing program
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Practice Guideline
Development of Training Protocol and Application for Speech Language Pathologists on Teletherapy: A Contemporary Approach to Speech Language Therapy
The goal of this mixed-methods study is to develop and evaluate a teletherapy training protocol and a dedicated teletherapy application for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT07820982
- Testing
- App-supported teletherapy, Usual in-person speech and language therapy
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lahore
Deafness, Hearing Loss
Family ASL: Longitudinal Study of Deaf Children and Hearing Parents Who Receive Services to Support the Learning of ASL
This study examines the development of American Sign Language by deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children and their parents.
- Trial name
- FASL (NCT04988451)
- Testing
- ASL Services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder
Building Sentences With Preschoolers Who Use AAC
The focus of this investigation is to compare the effectiveness of the AAC Generative Language Intervention approach to an AAC Standard of Care condition on preschool sentence productions.
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder, Speech Disorders in Children, Speech Intelligibility
- Trial name
- NCT03538925
- Testing
- AAC Generative Language Intervention, Standard of Care / Business as Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Developmental Articulation Disorder, Stuttering
Study of Brain Activity During Speech Production and Speech Perception
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the brain's activity and organization in the development of speech disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT00004991
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 411 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Dyslexia, Developmental
Tackling Two of the Most Important Unresolved Tasks in Reading Intervention
An important question in education is how to help young children who struggle to learn to read despite being well-taught in their regular classrooms.
- Trial name
- NCT06403007
- Testing
- Phonics plus morphology, Phonics plus set-for-variability
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 964 people
- Sponsor
- York University
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
Preoperative Care
ChatGPT v.s. Human in Writing a Preoperative Visit Sheet
The goal of this study is to evaluate the performance of large language models i.e. ChatGPT, in making preoperative visit sheets using clinical records.
- Trial name
- NCT05945004
- Testing
- ChatGPT-4, Clinician
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Intelligent Medical Research Center, Shenzhen United Scheme Technology Co., Ltd.
Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder: Verb Learning
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD; also referred to as specific language impairment) experience a significant deficit in language ability that is longstanding and harmful to the children's academic, social, and…
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT06001866
- Testing
- Retrieval-based verb learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based verb learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
FOXP1, Mental Retardation With Language Impairment and With or Without Autistic Features
FOXP1 Syndrome: The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment is Characterizing FOXP1-related Neurodevelopmental Disorders Using Genetic, Medical, and Neuropsychological Measures.
FOXP1, also known as Forkhead-box Protein P1, is a transcription factor protein belonging to the FOX gene family. Disruptions in the FOXP1 gene cause a phenotype characterized by global developmental delay, speech deficits, mild…
- Conditions
- FOXP1, Mental Retardation With Language Impairment and With or Without Autistic Features, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03718923
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Language Development
Promoting Early Language Development Through Parent-child Book Reading in Costa Rica
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of an interactive parent-child book reading intervention. The intervention includes two components: the provision of five children's books to parent-child dyads and information…
- Trial name
- NCT04978766
- Testing
- Interactive Book Reading
- Where
- 2 sites in Costa Rica
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Costa Rica
COVID-19
Knowledge Mobilization Activities to Support Decision-Making by Youth, Parents and Adults: Study Protocol
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) recommendations are usually developed for healthcare professionals (for example Doctors, health organizations, etc.).
- Trial name
- eCOVID-PLR (NCT05358990)
- Testing
- Plain Language Recommendation (PLR), Standard Language Version (SLV)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 997 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Developmental Articulation Disorder, Speech Disorder
Characteristics of Idiopathic Familial Speech Disorders
According to studies, speech disorders with unknown causes (idiopathic) affect approximately 5% of the population at some point in their life.
- Conditions
- Developmental Articulation Disorder, Speech Disorder, Stuttering
- Trial name
- NCT00001551
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Hearing Loss, Deafness
Collection of Clinical Data and Specimens for Research in Hearing, Balance, Taste, Smell, Voice, Speech, and Language Disorders.
Background: People with hearing, balance, and taste, smell, voice, speech, language, and other Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) disorders may seek treatment at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders…
- Trial name
- NCT05670496
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Diagnosis
Evaluation of a Retrieval Augmented Large Language Model as a Diagnostic Copilot in Rheumatology
This trial evaluates whether providing physicians with access to Prof. Valmed, a clinical decision support medical product, improves identification of rheumatic diseases and formulation of differential diagnoses compared with…
- Trial name
- ALLIANCE (NCT07166692)
- Testing
- Prof. Valmed
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg