Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 48Months - 71Months
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
NCT05268341

Neuroimaging Reveals Treatment-related Changes in DLD

Led by University of Cincinnati · Updated on 2025-05-06

184

Participants Needed

6

Research Sites

266 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

U

University of Cincinnati

Lead Sponsor

C

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Children with developmental language disorders (DLD, aka specific language impairment), a prevalent pediatric disorder, experience hallmark grammar deficits with life-long impacts on educational and occupational outcomes. While effective and early interventions can mitigate the impact of DLD, not enough is known about the neural basis of DLD in young children, yet is needed to inform the design of more individualized interventions. This project uses neuroimaging, along with behavioral methods, with the goal of better understanding the memory-language mechanisms that underlie grammar learning and impairment, while also considering their association to treatment-related changes in preschoolers with DLD.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Neuroimaging Reveals Treatment-related Changes in DLD

Who Can Participate

Age: 48Months - 71Months
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Ages 48 to 71 months
  • Average nonverbal intelligence quotient (IQ)
  • Enrolled in a participating center
  • Typically developing in receptive and expressive language, social skills, articulation, and other areas
  • Diagnosed with developmental language disorder (DLD) affecting expressive grammar
  • Normal oral motor function
  • Typical social and pragmatic skills
  • Average hearing thresholds
  • Monolingual native speakers of Standard English
  • No uncorrected vision problems
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Receiving any other speech-language or communication intervention
  • Not safe for MRI scanning
  • Placed in special education due to ability or behavior

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 6 locations

1

New Horizon Childcare

Cincinati, Ohio, United States, 45207

Not Yet Recruiting

2

Empower Learn Create INC

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220

Actively Recruiting

3

Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Not Yet Recruiting

4

CWFF CHild Development Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Actively Recruiting

5

Wesley Education Center for Children and Families

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Actively Recruiting

6

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

K

Karla N Washington, PhD

CONTACT

J

Jennifer J Vannest, PhD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

SINGLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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