Clinical trials: Language Disorder
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia
Treatment for Speech and Language in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a progressive neurological disorder that causes a gradual decline in communication ability as a result of selective neurodegeneration of speech and language networks in the brain.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia, Semantic Memory Disorder, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT04881617
- Testing
- Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT), Video-Implemented Script Training for Aphasia (VISTA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Dyslexia
Reading and Stuttering
Dyslexia is a common neurodevelopmental condition, which manifests itself in the form of reading difficulties and occurs in 7-10% of the population (Peterson \& Pennington, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT06836115
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wafaa Helmy Abdelhakeem
Speech Disorders
Table to Tablet (T2T): A Novel Intervention Framework for Children With Speech Sound Disorders
The primary aim of this study is to develop software as a tool in speech and language therapy for the treatment of children (Portuguese and English) with phonologically based Speech Sound Disorders (SSD).
- Trial name
- NCT02490826
- Testing
- Table-based T2T intervention, Tablet-based T2T intervention
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
Speech Sound Disorder
Sharing Books With Children
The promotion of language and communicative development in the early years is extremely important. Children who enter school with good language skills have better educational and economic success.
- Trial name
- NCT03006744
- Testing
- Phonological awareness training, Reading enjoyment training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder
A Framework For Linking Sequential Pattern Rules in DLD: Perception in Toddlers
This broad aim of this clinical study is to assess the hypothesis that morphological and phonological deficits are linked by a broader deficit in sequential pattern learning.
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT04531514
- Testing
- Sensitivity to phonological rules & referents OR: Toddlers, Sensitivity to phonological rules & referents FR: Toddlers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
Leveraging Interactive Text Messaging to Monitor and Support Maternal Health in Kenya
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions such as interactive short message service (SMS) text messaging with healthcare workers (HCWs) have been proposed as efficient, accessible additions to traditional health care in…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death, Depression
- Trial name
- AI-NEO (NCT05369806)
- Testing
- Interactive two-way SMS dialogue
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Developmental Stuttering, Evoked Potentials Auditory
Effect of Stuttering Remediation Exercises on Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials
studying how the cortical auditory evoked potentials differ in children who stutter from who do not stutter and how these potentials change with therapy
- Trial name
- NCT05473572
- Testing
- Fluency shaping exercises
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alaa Mamdouh
Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorders
Functional Brain Activation Patterns in Schizophrenia, Measured Before and After Treatment
In this study we, the investigators at UMC Utrecht, intend to investigate changes in brain activation patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients suffering from schizophrenia who are medication naive…
- Trial name
- NCT00161057
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Developmental Language Disorder
Training Inner Speech in Children With Developmental Language Disorder
The complex and unclear relationship between language and executive function (EF) creates barriers to developing effective interventions for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) whose language difficulties often…
- Trial name
- NCT06880731
- Testing
- Modeling with Verbal Mediation, Modeling Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
Speech and Language Disorder, Cerebral Palsy
Effect of mCIMT Casting on Speech-language Outcomes in Children With Hemiparesis
Modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) has been successfully used with children who have hemiplegia (weakness or paralysis on one side of the body.) mCIMT uses a removable cast during treatment and home exercise…
- Conditions
- Speech and Language Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia, Hemiparesis
- Trial name
- NCT04259814
- Testing
- Speech-language therapy (SLT), Modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sleep and Central Auditory Processing Disorder in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The proposed study aims to understand poor sleep as a possible cause to CAPD in children and adolescents with ASD (ASD+) compared to ASD youth without CAPD (ASD-), using both caregiver-report and objective clinician administered…
- Conditions
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- ASD (NCT06059352)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Stuttering, Developmental
TreatPaCS = Treatment for Preschool Age Children Who Stutter
Treatment for preschool age children who stutter: a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority parallel group pragmatic trial with Mini-KIDS, the social cognitive behaviour therapy and the Lidcombe Program with 249 children
- Trial name
- TreatPaCS (NCT05185726)
- Testing
- Lidcombe Program, Mini-KIDS, Social Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Preventing Language Decline in Dementia
This study will establish factors fundamental to the improvement in communication and quality of life for people with dementia known as primary progressive aphasia (PPA).
- Trial name
- NCT02541097
- Testing
- Language therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Baycrest
Non-emergency Ocular Diseases
Evaluate the Performance of Large Language Models in Ophthalmologic Patient Consultation
The intelligent image models lack an understanding of diagnostic and treatment logic, and have not considered textual information such as symptoms and signs.
- Trial name
- NCT06824389
- Testing
- Consultation Model of large language model in Ophthalmology Clinics
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Autism Sibling
Sibwatch: Optimizing Intervention Options for Infants and Toddler Siblings of Autistic Children
This rigorous randomized controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of a preemptive, telehealth intervention (tele-ImPACT) in a large, representative sample of infant siblings of autistic children, who are…
- Trial name
- Sibwatch (NCT07069413)
- Testing
- tele-ImPACT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Developmental Language Disorder
Contextual Word Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder
Many children have developmental language disorder, which makes it difficulty to learn language, including vocabulary, and results in ongoing academic and social difficulties.
- Trial name
- NCT05988190
- Testing
- Contextual Word Learning Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Binghamton University
Ophthalmic Diseases (Specific Types Not Restricted)
Research on the Real-World Community Application of Large Language Models
There is an imbalance between the supply and demand of eye care services, especially in local communities and remote areas. To address this, it's important to use new intelligent technologies to expand the reach of eye disease…
- Trial name
- NCT06966882
- Volunteers
- 314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Healthy Volunteers
Child's Study of the Impact of PF Lesion on Motor Skills, Language, Cognitive Functioning and Social Cognition
One of the major complications of posterior fossa surgery is Posterior Fossa Syndrome (PFS). This syndrome is due to a possible complication of surgical excision of a tumor of the cerebellum (4th ventricle) and is characterized…
- Conditions
- Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Healthy Volunteers, Fossa Posterior Tumor, Low-grade Glioma
- Trial name
- CervIRM (NCT04174820)
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Speech Sound Disorder
BiOfeedback, Online for Sibilant Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of sibilant biofeedback treatment delivered via telepractice in six children ages 8:0-17;11 who present with distortions of /s/.
- Trial name
- BOOST (NCT07041723)
- Testing
- Visual-acoustic biofeedback for Sibilants
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Selective Mutism
Web-Based CBT Protocol for Treatment of Selective Mutism
The main aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a web-based CBT protocol (entitled Meeky Mouse) in the treatment of children with Selective Mutism in Singapore.
- Trial name
- NCT02009839
- Testing
- Meeky Mouse program, Computer Games
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- National Healthcare Group, Singapore