Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy of AMALS in Treating Language Impairment in Children
Lead Sponsor:
Lamar University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Conditions:
Language Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-6 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The goal of this proposal is to examine the efficacy of a manualized treatment intervention, AMALS: Addressing Multiple Aspects of Language Simultaneously, which is designed to remediate semantic, mor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Demonstrate sufficient intelligibility as determined by a score of 85% on percent consonant correct (PCC) measures;
- Demonstrate sufficient phonological ability to use grammatical morphemes as determined by use of word-final /s, z, t, d/ on sound- in-word subtest from the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 (GFTA; Goldman \& Fristoe, 2000)
- Nonverbal IQ above 70 as scored on the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS; Burgemeister, Blum, \& Lorge, 1972);
- Below 1SD on the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation: Norm-referenced Test (DELV; Seymour, Roeper \& de Villiers, 2005);
- Below 1.39SD on the Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test-Preschool (SPELT-P; Werner \& Kresheck, 1983);
- Documentation from teachers and/or parents of impressions of language status in comparison with peers;
- More than one standard deviation below the mean on both levels 3 and 4 of the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (PLAI; Blank, Rose, \& Berlin, 1978).
Exclusion
- English as the primary language
- No oral-motor impairment
- No hearing impairment
- No co-morbid psychiatric or neurological impairments
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00840060
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
May 15 2012
Active Locations (3)
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West Orange Cove Consolidated Independent School District
Orange, Texas, United States, 77631
2
Little-Cypress Mauriceville Consolidated School District
Orange, Texas, United States, 77632
3
Port Arthur Independent School District
Port Arthur, Texas, United States, 77640