Clinical trials: Speech and Language Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
Language Development
Language Development in Preterm Children
This research investigates the ways in which preterm birth affects how very young children learn to speak and understand language, and how older children gain efficiency in language processing.
- Trial name
- NCT01599780
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering
Network Connectivity and Temporal Processing in Adolescents Who Stutter
The specific purpose of this clinical trial is to compare performance on rhythm perception and production tasks between children who stutter and children who do not stutter.
- Trial name
- NCT05286151
- Testing
- Rhythm discrimination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Simulation Training
Effectiveness of Two Simulation-Based Functional Nasopharyngoscopic Velopharyngeal Assessment Trainings
The aim of this clinical trial was to compare the effectiveness of functional nasopharyngoscopic velopharyngeal assessment training given to undergraduate speech and language therapy students on a 3D printed endoscopy training…
- Trial name
- NCT05732376
- Testing
- Nasopharyngoscopic Velopharyngeal Training with 3D Printed Endoscopy Training Model, Nasopharyngoscopic Velopharyngeal Training with Ready-Made Endoscopy Training Model
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
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
Cochlear Implants, Child Language
The Relationship Between Phonological Awareness Skills And Home Environment Literacy in Cochlear Implant Users
The aim was to examine the relationship between home literacy of parents whose has children who use cohlear implant and family demographic characteristics and phonological awareness skills of children with cochlear implant.
- Conditions
- Cochlear Implants, Child Language, Literacy, Phonological (Speech) Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06322472
- Testing
- The Turkish Early Language Development Test (TEDIL), The Family Literacy Scale, The Early Childhood Phonological Sensitivity Scale (PASECP)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uskudar University
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
Stuttering, Childhood, Emotion, Expressed
Intensive Stuttering Group Therapy for School-age Children and the Effect of Emotional Reactivity on Therapy Outcomes
The primary objectives of this investigation were two-fold: 1) to investigate whether implementation of individualized desensitization exercises in an intensive stuttering group therapy for school-age children who stutter is…
- Trial name
- NCT03778632
- Testing
- individualized desensitization exercises
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Otorhinolaryngologic Disease, Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasm
Ultrasound Evaluation of Tongue Movements in Speech and Swallowing
This study will assess the use of ultrasound-a test that uses sound waves to produce images-as a diagnostic tool for evaluating speech and swallowing.
- Conditions
- Otorhinolaryngologic Disease, Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasm, Pharyngeal Neoplasm, Polymyositis
- Trial name
- NCT00001167
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 570 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
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
Healthy Subjects, Stuttering, Developmental
Auditory Prediction and Error Evaluation in the Speech of Individuals Who Stutter
Stuttering negatively impacts communication and reduces the overall quality of life and well-being of individuals who stutter. This study will provide a strong foundation for developing neural and behavioral interventions for…
- Trial name
- NCT06181149
- Testing
- Delaying speech initiation, Auditory errors and pre-speech auditory modulation, Contributions of the speech premotor cortex to pre-speech auditory modulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
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
Central Auditory Disease, Healthy
Testing a Possible Cause of Reduced Ability of Children to Process Speech in Noise
This study aims to increase our understanding of the difficulty people have recognizing the spoken word, especially in noisy situations.
- Trial name
- NCT00001957
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
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)
Language Development, Language Development Disorders
Cortical Tracking of Speech in the First Year of Life
The goal of this observational study is to investigate early neural mechanisms underlying the processing of spoken language, specifically the phenomenon of cortical tracking, and to determine whether these mechanisms can serve as…
- Conditions
- Language Development, Language Development Disorders, Infant Development, Infant Developmental Assessment
- Trial name
- NCT07531706
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral Assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Speech and Language Disorder, Speech Therapy
Providing Speech Therapy Awareness in Private Schools
There has been limited research in the area of speech and language therapy awareness in Pakistan. The study aims to assess the efficacy of providing speech therapy awareness in private schools through a pre-post model.
- Conditions
- Speech and Language Disorder, Speech Therapy, Speech Delay, Swallowing Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04505696
- Testing
- Speech-Language Pathology Presentation
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Brain Mapping, Deafness
Areas of Brain Responsible for Understanding American Sign Language
The human brain is made up of two halves called hemispheres. Each half of the brain is responsible for processing different kinds of information.
- Conditions
- Brain Mapping, Deafness, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00001782
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Social Phobia
Treatment of Childhood Social Phobia
This 4-year study will compare the long-term effectiveness of behavioral treatment, fluoxetine (Prozac®), and placebo for treatment of social phobia in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00043537
- Testing
- Social Effectiveness Therapy for Children (SET-C), Fluoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Language Impairment, Hearing Loss
Characterization of Auditory Processing Involved in the Encoding of Speech Sounds
The ability to encode the speech signal is determined by ascending and descending auditory processing. Difficulties in processing these speech signals are well described at the behavioral level in a specific language disorder.
- Trial name
- PRODIPRICIDE (NCT02574299)
- Testing
- E-learning, Hearing aids fitting
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Autistic Disorder
Social Skills in Children With ASD and Process Drama
This is a one-group, pre-post feasibility study of an intensive, interdisciplinary (theatre, Occupational Therapy (OT), and Speech Language Pathology (SLP)) intervention targeted at social skill development in children, aged 3-4.
- Trial name
- NCT02850666
- Testing
- Interdisciplinary process drama
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah