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Behavioral Intervention

Language Intervention for Developmental Language Disorder

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Research Sponsored by University of Houston

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Meeting age-specific cutoffs for the morphosyntax subtests for their best language (English or Spanish) on the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up ~1 month before (pre), 2 weeks before second structure (mid) and 2 weeks after treatment (post test)

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Study Summary

This trial will look into how to best help 1 million bilingual children in the USA with a language learning disorder, considering both monolingual and bilingual interventions.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for bilingual children in the USA with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), who have concerns from parents or history of public school services, an IQ score above 70, pass a hearing test, and can produce simple sentences in both English and Spanish. Children with significant sensory-motor issues or psychiatric disorders are excluded.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests whether language proficiency affects outcomes when treating bilingual children with DLD using sentence recast therapy. It compares monolingual intervention in English or Spanish to bilingual intervention alternating between languages to improve academic success.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational and language interventions rather than medical treatments, traditional physical side effects are not applicable. However, there may be varying levels of stress or frustration associated with learning challenges during treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I meet the required language skills in English or Spanish for my age.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ ~1 month before (pre), 2 weeks before second structure (mid) and 2 weeks after treatment (post test)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~~1 month before (pre), 2 weeks before second structure (mid) and 2 weeks after treatment (post test)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and ~1 month before (pre), 2 weeks before second structure (mid) and 2 weeks after treatment (post test) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Accuracy on elicited production probes (conditional or nominal)

Secondary outcome measures

Number of target structure (conditional or nominal) produced during a story retell task

Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: sentence recast in Spanish onlyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

A trained, bilingual SLP will treat the targeted structure at a rate of ~ 1 recast per minute, for 16 hours spread over 9 weeks to obtain a planned dose of 912-1008 recasts (960 +/- 5%). Following evidence on enhanced conversational recasting, the SLP will obtain the child's attention before recasting and systematically vary the lexical items in the recasts. Children receiving monolingual Spanish therapy will have the entire treatment session conducted in Spanish.

Group II: sentence recast in English onlyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

A trained, bilingual SLP will treat the targeted structure at a rate of ~ 1 recast per minute, for 16 hours spread over 9 weeks to obtain a planned dose of 912-1008 recasts (960 +/- 5%). Following evidence on enhanced conversational recasting , the SLP will obtain the child's attention before recasting and systematically vary the lexical items in the recasts. Children receiving monolingual English therapy will have the entire treatment session conducted in English.

Group III: sentence recast - Bilingual (Spanish+English) interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Treatment will differ from monolingual therapy in that the child will be seen by two SLPs in keeping with one-person one-language models. This allows us to ensure that the dose in each language is controlled and supports the use of both languages evenly in therapy. Sessions will alternate between English-only therapy and Spanish-only therapy - thus the child will receive 8 hours of therapy treating the selected target in English and 8 hours treating the selected target in Spanish. A child in bilingual therapy will receive approximately 456-504 (480 +/- 5%) recasts in each language for a total of 912-1008 recasts combined.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of HoustonLead Sponsor

147 Previous Clinical Trials

47,358 Total Patients Enrolled

University of DelawareOTHER

154 Previous Clinical Trials

25,091 Total Patients Enrolled

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)NIH

330 Previous Clinical Trials

178,351 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Could I potentially qualify to participate in this clinical trial?

"The current medical trial is looking to recruit 120 patients aged between 4 and 6 with language developmental disorders."

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Is the geriatric population being included in this trial's enrollment process?

"For individuals wishing to take part in this study, they must be between 4 and 6 years old. Out of the total patients enrolled, 40 are minors and 9 senior citizens."

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Are there still opportunities available for individuals to be part of this experiment?

"As seen on clinicaltrials.gov, this investigation is still in search of volunteers. The study was initially uploaded on August 8th 2023 and the most recent update happened October 13th 2023."

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How many participants have opted to join this research endeavor?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov states that this medical experiment, which was initially posted on August 8th 2023, is still actively recruiting. A total of 120 participants are needed across 1 distinct centre."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder

2023. "The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06085300.