Clinical trials: Specific Language Impairment
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
Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Reading Disabilities
Neurobiology and Treatment of Reading Disability in NF-1
The goal of this trial is to determine if children with neurofibromatosis type 1 who have reading disabilities respond the same way-both behaviorally and neurobiologically-to specialized treatment programs as children with…
- Trial name
- NCT00624234
- Testing
- Tutoring Program I, Tutoring Program II
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Developmental Dyslexia
Brain Stimulation With Combined Reading and Motor Training for Children With Dyslexia
This study examines whether combining non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) with an integrated reading-and-motor training program improves reading and phonological processing in 9-year-old boys with developmental dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT07781761
- Testing
- Active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Phonological awareness training, Non-targeted fine motor training
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University
Dyslexia
Role of Auditory Cortical Oscillations in Speech Processing and Dyslexia
This study aims at investigating the role of low-gamma activity in phonemic encoding and its implication in dyslexia. Indeed, a phonological deficit, i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT04277351
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
Dyslexia
The Effectiveness of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Young Dyslexic Adults
The purpose of this study is to determine whether individual and/ group based neuropsychological rehabilitation focused on psychoeducation and teaching compensatory strategies has positive effects on the psychosocial wellbeing…
- Trial name
- NCT01930500
- Testing
- Individual neuropsychological rehabilitation, Group based neuropsychological rehabilitation
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Rehabilitation Foundation, Finland
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
Substance Abuse, Executive Dysfunction
Working Memory Training in Adults With Substance Abuse and Executive Function Deficits.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a computerized working memory training program on substance abuse, psychosocial functioning, cognitive performance and psychiatric problems in adults with substance abuse…
- Conditions
- Substance Abuse, Executive Dysfunction, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02068261
- Testing
- Computerized Cogmed working memory training, Treatment as usual
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Örebro Läns Landsting
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
Acquired Brain Injury, Alexia
Treatment for Reading and Writing Deficits Following Acquired Brain Injury
Many people with acquired brain injuries have deficits in reading decoding, reading comprehension, and written expression. Alexia is a phenomenon in which a person who previously could read has trouble doing so after having…
- Conditions
- Acquired Brain Injury, Alexia, Agraphia
- Trial name
- NCT03662243
- Testing
- Multicomponent reading and writing treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Quality Living, Inc.
Language Development Disorders
Improving STEM Outcomes for Young Children With Language Learning Disabilities Via Telehealth
In this study the investigators focus on a subset of at-risk students who find the language of science to be a barrier to the learning of science. These are the nearly 3 million children in the U.S.
- Trial name
- NCT04775199
- Testing
- Language Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Karla McGregor
Reading Disability, Reading Problem
The Role of Knowledge Retrieval in Inference-making
This project will (a) examine the relationship between knowledge retrieval and inferencing; (b) determine the effectiveness of an intervention that improves knowledge retrieval and inferencing among struggling readers; and (c)…
- Trial name
- NCT05692973
- Testing
- Role of Knowledge Retrieval, Inference Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 316 people
- Sponsor
- William Jewell College
Dyslexia
Study of Hierarchy of Afferents in Postural Control of Children With Dyslexia
The purpose is to determine the hierarchy of sensory afferents according to different forms of dyslexia in children. The secondary purpose is to determine sensitive and sufficiently specific posturographic indexes for standard…
- Trial name
- EQUIDYS (NCT02879786)
- Testing
- Posturographic tests, Questionnaire of motion sickness susceptibility
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
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
Dyslexia
Sensory Integration Therapy in Children With Dyslexia
The aim of this study is to examine the sensory and functional effects of sensory integration therapy in children with dyslexia according to the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO).
- Trial name
- Dyslexia (NCT04740853)
- Testing
- Sensory Integration Therapy+Special Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Biruni University
Asperger's Syndrome, Dyslexia
My Scrivener® - Measuring Effectiveness and Dose Response in Children
This study will assess whether a computer haptic peripheral device programmed to provide repetitive motion training is as effective as the same repetitive motion training provided by a human being.
- Conditions
- Asperger's Syndrome, Dyslexia, Cerebral Palsy, Attention Deficit Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00919906
- Testing
- My Scrivener(R)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Obslap Research LLC
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 Impairment in School-years
Evaluating Treatment Efficacy of Two Syntactic Treatment Procedures for Children With Specific Language Impairment (SLI): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Specific-language-impairment (SLI) is defined as a significant disorder in language development, which affects one's daily functioning, but not attributable to sensory, intellectual or neuropsychological deficit.
- Trial name
- NCT01765348
- Testing
- Syntax treatment via sentence-combining method, Syntax treatment managed by narrative-based treatment
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Language Disorder
Efficacy of a Pragmatic Intervention to Improve Adaptation to Context and Interlocutor
Patients with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have communicational difficulties to adapt their language to context and to interlocutors.
- Trial name
- NCT05127863
- Testing
- social communication intervention (pragmatic)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
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
Reading Disability, Anxiety
Evidence-Based Interventions to Enhance Outcomes Among Struggling Readers
Despite decades of research on reading disabilities, little is known about improving reading in the middle grades (i.e., grades 3-6) and advancements have been hindered by the narrow focus on reading problems alone without…
- Trial name
- NCT04059939
- Testing
- Reading, Anxiety Management, Classroom Business as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 542 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus