Clinical trials: Language Disorder
Persons With Frontal Lobe Damage With no Specific Language Disorder
Evaluation of Mental Flexibility Through Language Tests in Adolescents With Frontal Brain Damage and in Healthy Children in Ages 8-17
This study aims to shed light on the theoretical concept of mental flexibility and its manifestation in adolescents following frontal lobe damage, and to develop a test battery for young Hebrew speakers.
- Trial name
- NCT01696292
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Development Delay
Effectiveness of the WHO Caregivers Skills Training Program
Background: Increasing prevalence rates of developmental disorders (DDs) including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and intellectual disability are a public health priority particularly in Low and Middle Income countries (LIMC)…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Development Delay, Developmental Disorder, Language Delay
- Trial name
- NCT04255472
- Testing
- WHO Caregiver skills training (CST) program, Treatment as usual
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Human Development Research Foundation, Pakistan
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
Dyslexia, Executive Dysfunction
The Effects of Play and Competition-Based Cognitive Therapy
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of play and competition-based cognitive therapy (PCB-CT) on executive function and occupational routines in children with dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT03906097
- Testing
- Play and Competition-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Development Delay, Child Development
Psychological Correlates of Developmental Delays in Preschool Children
The goal of this observational study is to investigate perinatal, cognitive, linguistic and social-emotional correlates of developmental delays of preschool children.
- Conditions
- Development Delay, Child Development, Social Functioning, Speech Delay
- Trial name
- NCT07420829
- Testing
- Psychological assessment
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bartosz M. Radtke
Developmental Dyslexia, Reading Problem
Personalization of Visual Characters and Text-to-Speech (TTS) to Support Learning in Students With Reading Difficulties
Previous research has shown the importance of font type, size and spacing to facilitate text reading in dyslexia. A special automatized procedure was designed to select the most favorable parameters for both text visualization…
- Trial name
- NCT06947512
- Testing
- Seleggo Test
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Reading Disability, Anxiety
Evidence-Based Interventions to Enhance Outcomes Among Struggling Readers
Despite decades of research on reading disabilities, little is known about improving reading in the middle grades (i.e., grades 3-6) and advancements have been hindered by the narrow focus on reading problems alone without…
- Trial name
- NCT04059939
- Testing
- Reading, Anxiety Management, Classroom Business as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 542 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
MLD, Krabbe Disease
Longitudinal Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders
The purpose of this study is to understand the course of rare genetic disorders that affect the brain. This data is being analyzed to gain a better understanding of the progression of the rare neurodegenerative disorders and the…
- Conditions
- MLD, Krabbe Disease, ALD, MPS I
- Trial name
- NCT03333200
- Testing
- Palliative Care, Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Stroke, Aphasia
Digital Interventions in Neurorehabilitation: iTALKbetter
iTALKBetter will provide an app-based therapy for people with word retrieval difficulties who have had a stroke. This study aims to test the therapy application for people with naming difficulties through a small scale…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Anomia
- Trial name
- NCT04566081
- Testing
- iTalkBetter Trained Items, iTalkBetter Untrained Items
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Developmental Language Disorder, Healthy Subjects
The Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder Language Disorder
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine how memory and attention affect the ability of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) to learn and use new vocabulary.
- Trial name
- NCT06968169
- Testing
- Supportive learning, Cascades
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development
HR-EEG Contribution in Prognostic Evaluation of Language Development in Children With ASD
The goal of this prospective observational multicentric cohort study is to evaluate the clinical prognostic value of the speech tracking score of language development in children with ASD aged from 3 years to 4 years and half at…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development, Neurocognitive Disorders, Child Language
- Trial name
- EE-TSA-LANG (NCT05586672)
- Testing
- EEG-HR, ADI-R, ADOS-2
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Etablissement Public de Santé Barthélemy Durand
Developmental Language Disorder
Reading Intervention to Children With Developmental Language Disorder
The main purpose of this study is to investigate if the internet-based computer-game Grapholearn (GL) is an effective tool for early and intensive intervention of the reading decoding skills in Swedish children with DLD, as…
- Trial name
- NCT05295472
- Testing
- Grapholearn, Vector, Usual schooling
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Social and Communication Outcomes for Young Children With Autism
The goal of this project is to test an intervention program for caregivers and their young children with autism that is focused on improving social communication.
- Trial name
- NCT00953095
- Testing
- Joint Attention Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Mouth Breathing
The Influence of Breathing in Writing
Purpose: To examine whether nasal breathing influences the perception of sound causing trade between hard and soft consonants in the writing of children in school age and the incidence of trade.
- Trial name
- NCT02437877
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Brain Mechanisms for Language Processing in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The main goal of our study is to find out why some people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) do not develop verbal abilities or remain minimally-verbal throughout adolescence and adulthood.
- Trial name
- BSL (NCT02700074)
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury
Hybrid Approach to Pediatric Rehabilitation
Children and youth recovering from acquired injuries typically receive therapy via in-patient or outpatient rehabilitation (OPR).
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Orthopedic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06547762
- Testing
- Hybrid approach (in-person and remote) to pediatric rehabilitation: A look beyond the COVID-19 crisis
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Alyn Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Hospital
Reading Disorder
Gene x Environment Interplay in Developmental Dyslexia Treatment: A Round-trip Translation Between Humans and Animal
Developmental dyslexia affects 7% of school-age children (Male:Female ratio of 1.5:1) and incurs disadvantages in education and occupation.
- Trial name
- Gedys (NCT06186882)
- Testing
- Action Video-Game
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Infant Development, Developmental Delay
The Effects on Children and Parents of Educating Parents About Ways to Play With Babies
The purpose of this study is to determine whether educating parents about how to play with infants affects infant development or caregiver characteristics.
- Trial name
- NCT05259423
- Testing
- Enriched Education Program, Typical Education Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Cochlear Hearing Loss
Development of Evidence-based Therapeutic Guidelines for Early SLA in Urdu-speaking Children With Cochlear Implants
Firstly global and regional literature on speech therapy after cochlear implantation focusing on Urdu-speaking populations and culturally relevant factors will be systematically reviewed.
- Trial name
- NCT07068373
- Testing
- Mixed method (Exploratory Sequential)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Superior University
Dyslexia
Validating a Neurocognitive Remediation Model for Visual-Attentional Pathway in Chinese Developmental Dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia is a common and serious specific learning disability affecting up to one in eight children in Hong Kong, with profound consequences for academic success and personal well-being.
- Trial name
- NCT07707700
- Testing
- Action video game intervention group, Active Control (Non-Action Video Game) Group
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University