Clinical trials: Language Development
Developmental Articulation Disorder, Speech Disorder
Characteristics of Idiopathic Familial Speech Disorders
According to studies, speech disorders with unknown causes (idiopathic) affect approximately 5% of the population at some point in their life.
- Conditions
- Developmental Articulation Disorder, Speech Disorder, Stuttering
- Trial name
- NCT00001551
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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
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
Hearing Loss
Maximizing Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of early intervention on language skills for children with hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01963468
- Testing
- Early language intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
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)
Healthy, Emotion Regulation
Testing the Effects of the Caregiver Interaction Profile Training on the Interactive Skills of Daycare Providers
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) training program (Helmerhorst et al., 2017) promoting the relational quality between professional caregivers and children in daycare.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Emotion Regulation, Language Development, Interactive Skills Daycare Providers
- Trial name
- CDP (NCT05654116)
- Testing
- Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Down Syndrome
Oral Language in Children With Down Syndrome
The objective of this research is to verify the language of children with Down syndrome concerning lexical, syntactic and semantic aspects using MLU.
- Trial name
- NCT00952354
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
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 Dyslexia
Restoring Neural Oscillatory Communication in Developmental Dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a multifactorial disorder that hampers the education of about 10% of individuals across cultures and is associated to both phonological and visual deficits.
- Trial name
- NCT05583136
- Testing
- Parietal tACS combined with visuo-attentional training
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
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
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
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Social Cognitive Development in Young Children With Autism
Through the development of a novel treatment targeting core Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) social deficits and studying the efficacy of this intervention, the investigators hope to provide a means for children with ASD to more…
- Trial name
- NCT01425918
- Testing
- Social Enhancement Intervention, Parent Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder
A Framework For Linking Sequential Pattern Rules in DLD: Perception in Adults
This 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
- NCT04996472
- Testing
- Sensitivity to phonological rules: Adults, Sensitivity to semantic category cues: Adults
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 933 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Developmental Dyslexia
V5/MT Stimulation on Reading and Reading-related Measures in Developmental Dyslexia
The present study grounds on the absence of evidence-based treatment in individuals with developmental dyslexia (DD). At this topic, the present study will explore the potential effect of transcranial direct current stimulation…
- Trial name
- NCT05972200
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS over V5/MT, Active HD-tDCS over V1
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
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
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
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
Dyslexia, Developmental
Poly-unsaturated Fatty Acids and Developmental Dyslexia
Poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) represent a component of lipids that covers a relevant role in human diet and biological functions such as provision of energy, functionality of cell membranes and tissue metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT04287530
- Testing
- Poly-unsaturated fatty acids supplementation, Neuropsychological intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Parental Language Behaviors
Thirty Million Words Project: A Feasibility Trial
The purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate the Thirty Million Words (TMW) Intervention through a randomized, controlled pilot study.
- Trial name
- TMW (NCT01754077)
- Testing
- LENA Linguistic Feedback Reports, Home Visiting Educational Session, Childhood Nutrition Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Language Development
Do Video Materials Help Parents to Support Infant Development?
The aim of this project is to assess whether video materials from the BBC Tiny Happy People (THP) campaign are effective in terms of improving the language skills of socioeconomically disadvantaged children before they start…
- Trial name
- NCT04919343
- Testing
- BBC Education Tiny Happy People videos, Physical health control intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 435 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield