Clinical trials: Language Development Disorders, open to volunteers
Developmental Language Disorder
Sentence Prediction in Developmental Language Disorder
Millions of children - 7-12% of the school-age population - have developmental language disorder (DLD), a disorder that affects language learning, comprehension, and use.
- Trial name
- NCT07510854
- Testing
- Thematic role, Sentence complexity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Preterm Birth, Developmental Dyslexia
Reading-FREE Markers for Early Detection of Developmental Dyslexia
This study aims to identify early signs of developmental dyslexia (DD) and other reading difficulties in children born preterm, using behavioral, cognitive, and brain imaging data collected before reading problems typically…
- Trial name
- FREE-DD (NCT07072104)
- Testing
- Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 2, MRI - Grade 2, Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 3
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Developmental Language Disorder, Language Impairment
The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use.
- Trial name
- NCT06085300
- Testing
- Sentence recast
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Language Impairment, Autism
Pilot Evaluation of the Developed Syntactic-Semantic Visual Configuration Intervention for Children With Language Impairment
This study will pilot a newly developed Syntactic-Semantic Visual Configuration Intervention (SSVCI) designed to help Urdu-speaking children with language impairment improve their ability to understand and produce phrases and…
- Conditions
- Language Impairment, Autism, Hearing Impaired Children, Down Syndrome
- Trial name
- SSVC-PILOT (NCT07786545)
- Testing
- Syntactic-Semantic Visual Configuration Intervention (SSVCI)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading
Enhancing Letter-Speech Sound Learning and Reading Network Activation With Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
This study investigates the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on the brain and its potential to enhance reading-related learning.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading, Dyslexia, Learning
- Trial name
- LexiStim (NCT07546292)
- Testing
- Transcranial random noise stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Brem
Developmental Language Disorder, Language Delay
Using Neuroimaging and Behavioral Assessments to Understand Late Talking
Late talkers (LT), representing 10-20% of children under 3, demonstrate hallmark syntax and vocabulary deficits similar to preschoolers with developmental language disorder.
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder, Language Delay, Language Development
- Trial name
- NCT06156865
- Testing
- Intervention to address late talking
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Developmental Language Disorder
Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a condition that affects children's ability to learn and use language. These difficulties can affect communication, learning, and participation in everyday activities.
- Trial name
- NCT07899671
- Testing
- priming
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
Gonad Regulating Hormone Adverse Reaction, Analgesic Adverse Reaction
Neurobehavioral Development in Toddlers and Preschoolers in Relation to Prenatal Exposure of Mild Analgesics (NeuroToP - a COPANA Follow up)
Fundamental aspects of both neurological and reproductive function are established in fetal life, and there is a present increased awareness of the potential effects of fetal exposures on neurodevelopmental and reproductive…
- Conditions
- Gonad Regulating Hormone Adverse Reaction, Analgesic Adverse Reaction, Developmental Disability, Adhd
- Trial name
- NeuroToP (NCT07316387)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 685 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
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
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar
Behavioural Development, Long-term Outcomes and Opportunities to Optimize Youth Mental Health Trajectories
Behavioural Development, Long-term Outcomes and Opportunities to Optimize Youth Mental Health (BLOOM) is a project that aims to overcome age and diagnostic boundaries to generate person-specific longitudinal profiles of mental…
- Conditions
- Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar, Psychosis, Eating Disorder NOS
- Trial name
- BLOOM (NCT06978452)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 560 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Language Delay, Language Development
Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings…
- Conditions
- Language Delay, Language Development, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Mother-Infant Interaction
- Trial name
- NCT05861531
- Testing
- Oromotor stimulation, Reading curriculum, LENA recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milieu Teaching-AV: Adaptation of Milieu Teaching That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Susceptibility to, 6
- Trial name
- MilieuTeach-AV (NCT07494513)
- Testing
- Milieu Teaching-AV, Milieu Teaching-NoAV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Developmental Language Disorder
Early Achievements - Shaping Early Language and Literacy Skills
Language skills are important for long-term reading comprehension success. Yet there are limited instructional approaches available for prekindergarten (pre-K) teachers to use in their inclusive classrooms to boost…
- Trial name
- EA-SHELLS (NCT07103044)
- Testing
- Early Achievements - Shaping Early Language and Literacy Skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Dyslexia, Developmental, Developmental Language Disorder
Intervention Effectiveness Study of BEtter AT LEarning (BEATLE)- Digital Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Program
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of BEATLE with clinical samples of patients diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Dyslexia, and Mixed Specific Developmental Disorder.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Developmental, Developmental Language Disorder, Specific Learning Disorder, Borderline Intellectual Functioning
- Trial name
- BEATLE (NCT06713863)
- Testing
- BEtter AT LEarning (BEATLE)- Digital Care Pathway
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 312 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Developmental Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder
Dynamic Assessment of the Risk for Language and Reading Disorders in Monolingual and Multilingual Children
The project represents the completion of a part of the recently concluded European project MultiMind, in which a computer platform called MuLiMi was developed and validated.
- Trial name
- NCT06937255
- Testing
- computerized Dynamic Assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
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, Speech Sound Disorder
A Developmental Framework For Linking Phonological And Morpho-syntactic Sequential Pattern Rules In DLD: Production
The 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
- NCT04558541
- Testing
- Sensitivity to phonological rules, Sensitivity to semantic category cues.
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Stuttering, Developmental, Dyslexia
Investigating Individual Differences in Speech Motor Skills in Neurotypical Speakers and Persons With Disordered Speech
This study aims to understand how people use different types of feedback to control their speech. When an individual speaks, the brain relies on several systems at the same time, such as sensory systems that monitor an…
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Developmental, Dyslexia, Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- NCT07459803
- Testing
- Unpredictable auditory feedback perturbation: 2 behavioral sessions, Unpredictable auditory feedback perturbation during tCS: 3 behavioral sessions, Sustained F1 auditory feedback perturbation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Language Development Disorders
Exploration of High Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions and Developmental Language Disorders
Among the objective non-invasive audiological explorations the distorsion products of otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) allow to quickly assess the function of the cochlear outer hair cells (without the active participation of the…
- Trial name
- OTOEMHF (NCT05624983)
- Testing
- acoustic otoemisions, Otoscopy, Audiometry
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Developmental Language Disorder
Language Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Trajectories in Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder
The investigators' overall objective is to characterize the long-term outcomes of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in adulthood and to identify specific cognitive mechanisms mediating these outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT06898671
- Testing
- Eye-Tracking in Visual World Paradigm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa