Clinical trials: Language Disorders
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
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Handwritten Text Production in Adults With Autism
The main objective is to assess the psycholinguistic and graphomotor characteristics of written production in patients with ASD.
- Trial name
- PEMTAA (NCT06304701)
- Testing
- Cognitive and writing tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Niort
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
Healthy
Effect of Electrical Stimulation (DC Polarization) to the Brain on Memory
This study will test the effect of direct current (DC) brain polarization (the application of a very weak electrical current to the brain) on learning and memory.
- Trial name
- NCT00471107
- Testing
- DC brain polarization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia
Emotions in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders: a Common Vulnerability?
The initial aim of the project was to gain an understanding of the comprehension of "language-oriented" emotions among schizophrenic and bipolar patients.
- Trial name
- ELISE (NCT02805088)
- Testing
- Electroencephalographic recordings, neuropsychological evaluation, clinical evaluation of symptoms
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Reims
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
Xerostomia
Validation of the French Version of the Xerostomia Inventory
The main objective of this study is to achieve cross-cultural and psychometric validation of the Xerostomia Inventory initially developed in English language into French Language.
- Trial name
- XIvf (NCT03009786)
- Testing
- Measurement of salivary flow
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Reims
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
Dyslexia
Static and Dynamic Balance in Children With Dyslexia
Dyslexia is described as a learning disability with a neurological origin. It is a widespread disease, characterized by difficulties in recognition of words, spelling, and decoding.
- Trial name
- NCT04386161
- Testing
- Scheduled exercise program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Language-based Learning Skills and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Impact of Treatment With Sustained-release Guanfacine
This study is investigating the effect of sustained-release guanfacine (Intuniv) on language-based learning skills in children age 6-12 who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Trial name
- NCT01146002
- Testing
- Guanfacine (sustained release)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neurology Group of Bergen County, P.A.
Autism
Parent Language Intervention for Autism
Improving social communication outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has important public health implications.
- Trial name
- NCT02632773
- Testing
- Responsive Intervention, Directive Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria
Dysarthria in Parkinson's Disease: Lusophony vs. Francophony Comparison
Parkinson's disease (PD) affects between 1% and 2% of the world's population aged 60 and older; in Europe the prevalence is around 150 PD patients per 100,000 individuals.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria, Speech, Cross-language
- Trial name
- FraLusoPark (NCT02753192)
- Testing
- Patients
- Where
- 3 sites in France, Portugal
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Hearing Disorders and Deafness
ListenFuture-Listening for Their Future: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents
ListenFuture, a nation-wide multidisciplinary project, brings new knowledge on complex associations between listening, cognition, language, literacy, and psychosocial wellbeing in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents.
- Trial name
- ListenFuture (NCT07416292)
- Where
- 7 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heikki Löppönen
Stammering
Modifying Unconscious Tongue Movements in Adults With Developmental Stammer.
This is a pilot randomised controlled trial investigating whether using modification of saccadic eye movements can control lateral unconscious tongue positioning and enhance fluency in adults with a confirmed developmental…
- Trial name
- NCT04310436
- Testing
- Modifying saccades by looking down to naval., Modifying saccades by looking in air.
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Technology, Sligo
Stuttering
Spacing Lidcombe Program Clinic Visits
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the Lidcombe Program for early stuttering by varying the time between clinic visits during the first stage of the program.
- Trial name
- NCT00680303
- Testing
- The Lidcombe Program for early stuttering
- Where
- 2 sites in Australia, Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sydney
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
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)
Stuttering, Childhood, Anxiety Disorders
Stuttering and Anxiety
Stuttering was defined as a common neurodevelopmental speech disorder characterized by repetitions, prolongations, and interruptions in the flow of speech.
- Trial name
- NCT03160586
- Testing
- Stuttering severity instrument-3, Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
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
Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis, Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Early UVFP Management Based on Neurological Evidences (ION-UVFP) - Preliminary Study
The purpose of this preliminary study is to help clarify our hypotheses for the longitudinal study by investigating the relationship between vocal cord paralysis and central auditory processes and thus the interpretation of…
- Trial name
- NCT03966183
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain