Clinical trials: Language Disorders in Children
Dyslexia
Maturation of Auditory Processing in Children With Dyslexia Compared to Average-reading Children
The hypothesis of central auditory processing disorders has been advanced to explain the anomalies of the grapheme/phoneme combination in some dyslexia.
- Trial name
- ASTRAUCOLE (NCT02345876)
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
ADHD, Dyslexia
Computerized Working Memory Training
Prior research has found that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading difficulties (RD) are at an elevated risk of developing further cognitive deficits and developmental challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT06567444
- Testing
- Working memory intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Selective Mutism
Factors Influencing Selective Mutism
The study's goal is to check and verify basic assumptions of a new selective mutism developmental model from Melfsen and Walitza through standardized and routinely used patient questionnaires.
- Trial name
- NCT04233905
- Testing
- Psychometric questionnaire study
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Susanne Walitza
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
Developmental Language Disorder, Language Disorders in Children
The Influence of Immersive Virtual Field Trips on Academic Vocabulary
The purpose of this study is to investigate an immersive virtual field trip (iVFT) on topic specific academic vocabulary for students with developmental language disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- NCT05242575
- Testing
- The information provided in the iVFT and control book parallel one another.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Salus University
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 Language Disorder
Semantic Learning Deficits in School Age Children With Developmental Language Disorder
School age children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have known semantic learning deficits but what is less well understood is why semantic learning is difficult for these children.
- Trial name
- NCT04508699
- Testing
- semantic learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Tool for Evaluating the Effectiveness of the DENVER Protocol
Early remediation of the communicative and social difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is central. However, from the age of 6-8 months, children with ASD show a lack of attention to social stimuli such as…
- Trial name
- FACECOM (NCT06253793)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Role of GABAergic Transmission in Auditory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental syndrome. Researchers think brain development may be controlled by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
- Trial name
- NCT04798274
- Testing
- Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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
Single Sided Deafness, Unilateral Deafness
Cochlear Implants in Young Children With SSD
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of cochlear implantation in infants and toddlers with single-sided deafness.
- Conditions
- Single Sided Deafness, Unilateral Deafness, Hearing Loss, Unilateral, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- Little SSD (NCT05775367)
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development
Predicting Language and Literacy Growth in Children With ASD Using Statistical Learning
The goal of this observational study is to test a reciprocal relationship between statistical learning and the development of language and literacy in first-graders with autism and their non-autistic peers.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development, Literacy
- Trial name
- PLAUSL (NCT06332144)
- Testing
- Structural vs. Random sequences of stimuli, Intact vs. Degraded speech, Repeating 5-syllable nonwords or 2-syllable nonwords
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Epilepsy, Seizures
Mapping the Areas of the Brain Associated With Language in Children With Epilepsy
Researchers are interested in studying if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is practical for locating the areas of the brain associated with language in children with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00001366
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Autistic Disorder
Building Social Skills With Interdisciplinary Process Drama in ASD
This is a one group pre-post feasibility study of an interdisciplinary (theatre, Occupational Therapy (OT) and Speech Language Pathology (SLP)) intervention targeted at social skill development in children, aged 3-4.
- Trial name
- NCT03536351
- Testing
- Interdisciplinary process drama
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Obesity, Infant, Language Development
Music and Child Health and Development
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Infant, Language Development, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05868811
- Testing
- Music Together, Play Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Cerebral Palsy
Effects of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Children With Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy is a neuromuscular disorder that causes multiple disabilities in an individual. Children's ability to rely on speech as a primary mode of communication can be compromised by cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT06196944
- Testing
- Augmentative Alternative Communication, Augmentative Alternative Communication Device
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
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, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Word Learning From Parentese in Autistic Children
The overall objective of this research is to determine whether parentese delivered in the video format (Aim 1) and in live interaction (Aim 2) facilitates novel word learning in autistic children and to investigate if there are…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT06649916
- Testing
- Parentese Speech, Adult Registered Speech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Brain Mechanisms for Language Processing in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The main goal of our study is to find out why some people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) do not develop verbal abilities or remain minimally-verbal throughout adolescence and adulthood.
- Trial name
- BSL (NCT02700074)
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Training Language and Literacy for Children Who Use CIs
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of computer games to improve language and literacy outcomes for children who have hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT03582566
- Testing
- Phonological Awareness, Working Memory, Phonological Awareness + Working Memory
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University