Clinical trials: Communication Disabilities
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
Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading
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
- NCT06026124
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading II
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 and Language Impairment, Specific Language Impairment, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT07048392
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Spaced Retrieval condition, Retrieval-based word learning: Repeated Study condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Brain Diseases, Memory Disorders
Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Learning and Memory and Emotion Regulation
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the impact of low intensity focused ultrasound pulsation (LIFUP) to two different brain regions, the amygdala and entorhinal cortex, in older adults.
- Conditions
- Brain Diseases, Memory Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- LIFUPMEMEMOT (NCT03717922)
- Testing
- Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation to Amygdala, Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation to Entorhinal Cortex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading Disorder
Comparison of Atomoxetine and Placebo in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Reading Disorder (RD)
To test the hypothesis that a 4 week treatment with atomoxetine is more effective than placebo in patients with combined type Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), patients with only Reading Disorder, and patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT00191906
- Testing
- Atomoxetine Hydrochloride
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Developmental Delay
The CHICA Developmental Screening Study
The aims of this study are to (1) Expand and modify an existing computer-based decision support system (CHICA) to include the 2006 AAP developmental surveillance and screening algorithm; (2) Evaluate the effect of the CHICA…
- Trial name
- NCT01351077
- Testing
- CHICA DevScreen Module
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Language Development Disorders, Down Syndrome
Strategies for Teaching Verbs
This study is designed to evaluate whether children with Down syndrome and children with typical development exhibit different levels of accuracy demonstrating novel verbs taught under three conditions: semantic cues (perform…
- Conditions
- Language Development Disorders, Down Syndrome, Child Language
- Trial name
- NCT03441685
- Testing
- Semantic cues (perform action), syntactic cues (sentence frame), or combined semantic and syntactic cues
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder
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
- NCT05325333
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Expanding retrieval practice schedule, Retrieval-based word learning: Standard retrieval practice schedule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay
SmarToyGym: Smart Detection of Atypical Toy-oriented Actions in At-risk Infants
The study aims to develop a SmarToyGym where sensitized, wireless toys are strategically hung and placed within reach of infants to elicit toy-oriented body and arm/hand movements.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Stroke, Fine Motor Delay
- Trial name
- NCT02813889
- Testing
- SmarToyGym
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Learning Disability
Investigating the Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Lycra Splinting
People with learning disabilities (LDs) experience high levels of health problems, including cerebral palsy, other problems associated with posture, movement and function, and injury (falls are the commonest cause of injury in…
- Trial name
- NCT02345512
- Testing
- Lycra Splinting Garment
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Glasgow Caledonian University
Autism, Development Delay
Culturally-Responsive Curriculum for Caregivers With Children at Autism Likelihood
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how helpful and relevant the Family Care Project workbook is for families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have a young child at autism likelihood.
- Trial name
- NCT06314438
- Testing
- Family Care Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
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
Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
Retrieval-based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder: Adaptive Retrieval Schedule
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
- NCT06995014
- Testing
- Retrieval-based word learning: Standard retrieval practice schedule, Retrieval-based word learning: Adaptive retrieval practice schedule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Development Delay, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Translating Peer-to-Peer Support Into a Clinical Setting
There is not a lot of research focusing on Black and African American families raising young children with developmental delays.
- Conditions
- Development Delay, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism
- Trial name
- NCT04313283
- Testing
- Parents Taking Action
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Reading Disabilities
Neurobiology and Treatment of Reading Disability in NF-1
The goal of this trial is to determine if children with neurofibromatosis type 1 who have reading disabilities respond the same way-both behaviorally and neurobiologically-to specialized treatment programs as children with…
- Trial name
- NCT00624234
- Testing
- Tutoring Program I, Tutoring Program II
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Critical Illness, Communication Disabilities
Enhancing & Mobilizing the POtential for Wellness & Emotional Resilience Among Surrogate Decision-Makers of ICU Patients
Intensive Care Units (ICU) are stressful places where life-and-death medical decisions are made and patients' surrogate decision-makers are exposed to potentially traumatic experiences.
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT03276559)
- Testing
- EMPOWER, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Reading Disability
Neurocognitive Factors in EdTech Intervention Response
The current project will carry out a large-scale, randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the effectiveness of a home-administered technology-based treatment for reading disability (GraphoLearn) in a diagnostically diverse…
- Trial name
- NCT04568824
- Testing
- GraphoLearn reading intervention, Math control intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 315 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Reading Learning Disability, Math Learning Disability
Improving the Academic Performance of First-Grade Students With Reading and Math Difficulty
The main purpose of this clinical trials is to explore short-term effects of coordinated intervention versus the business-as-usual school program on the primary endpoints of post-intervention word-reading fluency and arithmetic…
- Trial name
- NCT03991234
- Testing
- Reading Intervention, Math Intervention, Coordinated Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Problem Behavior, Self-injury
Resurgence as Choice: Basic and Clinical Studies
Background: Functional communication training (FCT) is a commonly used intervention for teaching appropriate communication skills to children with intellectual disabilities who exhibit severe destructive behavior.
- Conditions
- Problem Behavior, Self-injury, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT03423940
- Testing
- Functional communication training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey