Status:
UNKNOWN
Oral Language in Children With Down Syndrome
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sao Paulo
Collaborating Sponsors:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Conditions:
Down Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-10 years
Brief Summary
The objective of this research is to verify the language of children with Down syndrome concerning lexical, syntactic and semantic aspects using MLU. The hypothesis is that children with Down syndrome...
Detailed Description
One of the alternatives to observe and assess language development and language disorders is to analyze spontaneous language samples, which allos the identification of qualitative and quantitative asp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- genetic diagnosis of Down syndrome
- good health conditions
- normal results on audiologic evaluation
- pediatric and ear, nose and throat periodic check ups.
- attend speech-language therapy at the Speech Language Pathology Laboratory in Syndromes and Sensorimotor Deficits (SLPL-SSD) of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo.
Exclusion
- submission to long term hospitalizations due to heart diseases and major respiratory airway infections, that may interfere in the child's global development
- presence of visual or auditory important deficits
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00952354
Start Date
August 1 2007
End Date
August 1 2009
Last Update
August 6 2009
Active Locations (1)
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University of Sao Paulo - School of Medicine - Department of Physiotherapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Occupational Therapy
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05360-160