RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06968169

The Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder Language Disorder

The Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder


Sponsor

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

Enrollment

120 participants

Start Date

Feb 9, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine how memory and attention affect the ability of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) to learn and use new vocabulary.


Eligibility

Min Age: 5 YearsMax Age: 10 Years

Inclusion Criteria1

  • Has DLD or typical language development

Exclusion Criteria2

  • Has not been exposed to English since birth
  • Has other neurodevelopmental or sensory condition that could explain the language problem (e.g., intellectual disability, autism, hearing loss).

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALSupportive learning

All interventions are manipulations to the stimuli that the child hears with the goal of discovering which manipulations support verbal learning.

BEHAVIORALCascades

The intervention is a manipulation of word instruction with the goal of discovering whether weaker word learning results in cascading effects on semantic category memory and sentence comprehension.


Locations(1)

Boys Town National Research Hospital

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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