Clinical trials: Language Acquisition
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
Behavior, Communication
Pilot Study of Novel Postpartum Educational Video Intervention
A child's early language environment is pivotal for language development. Disparities in early language environments contribute to the gap in school readiness between poor and more advantaged children.
- Conditions
- Behavior, Communication, Language
- Trial name
- TMW-NI (NCT02267265)
- Testing
- TMW-Newborn Intervention video, Safe Sleep for your Baby (SIDS) educational video
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 694 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Language Development
How Parents Can Help Babies Learn to Talk With Picture Books.
The aim of this project is to test whether giving parents advice about book reading is effective in promoting language learning for infants from a range of socio-economic backgrounds.
- Trial name
- NCT02780557
- Testing
- Contingent Reading Intervention, Book Provision Control
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Typically Developing Children Ages 3 to 6
Language Learning and Language Experience
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if text can support children in learning new verbs in healthy children ages three through six.
- Trial name
- NCT06645145
- Testing
- Orthographic facilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
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
Bilingualism, Vocabulary Acquisition
Word Learning in Bilingual Typical and Late Talking Children: The Role of Meaning and Input
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how different types of word categories, along with the language children hear from their parents, support bilingual toddlers' word learning.
- Conditions
- Bilingualism, Vocabulary Acquisition, Late Talkers, Network Science
- Trial name
- NCT07600242
- Testing
- Large Semantic Category Condition, Small Semantic Category Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
Central Auditory Processing Disorders Associated With Blast Exposure
The incidence of central auditory dysfunction in war fighters who are exposed to high-explosive blasts while serving in combat have not been clearly determined.
- Conditions
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT00554801
- Testing
- Audiological testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
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 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
Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Development and Validation of a Screening Tool for Preschool Children Aged 1-6 Years
This study develops and validates the Chatbot-Assisted Developmental Assessment Scale for Preschool Children (CADAS), a screening tool for 1-6-year-olds.
- Trial name
- NCT07248397
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
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
Developmental Language Disorder
Exercise Training in Children With Communication Impairments
This clinical trial study has two goals. The first goal is to establish fitness levels, participation in physical activities, and fine/gross motor abilities for children with development language disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- NCT06340893
- Testing
- Exercise, Restful Play
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
Language Development Disorders
Promoting Early School Readiness in Primary Health Care
This project will measure the degree to which parenting programs based in pediatric primary care can be effective in promoting language development and school readiness in at-risk young children.
- Trial name
- NCT00212576
- Testing
- Video Interaction Project, Building Blocks Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 675 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
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
Astigmatism Bilateral, Eyeglasses
Spectacle Prescribing in Early Childhood
The purpose of this study is to compare developmental outcome for young children (12 to 35 months of age) with astigmatism meeting American Academy of Ophthalmology spectacle prescribing guidelines and who are prescribed and…
- Trial name
- SPEC (NCT04728451)
- Testing
- Spectacle wear support, Spectacles
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Language Development
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Familia Talk
After development of the Talk Stem Familia (TSF) smart-speaker application prototype, the study will evaluate the prototype's efficacy in a within-subjects pre-post design study.
- Trial name
- NCT03766906
- Testing
- Talk STEM Familia app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Healthy
Neuromodulation and Language Acquisition (Project Stage Ia)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether levodopa, pergolid, rivastigmine, or modafinil are effective in boosting semantic language acquisition in healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT00102284
- Testing
- levodopa, rivastigmine, pergolid
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Literacy, Parent-Child Relations
Testing an App-Based Approach to Reading and Screen Time Guidance for Parents of Infants
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents read to their children as often as possible beginning in infancy and limits on screen time at all ages, yet many families question the value of reading to infants…
- Conditions
- Literacy, Parent-Child Relations, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT05508282
- Testing
- Reading Bees app and children's book to enhance parent-infant reading quality (0-2 month visit), Reading Bees app and children's book to encourage alternatives to digital media (6-month visit)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati