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

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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