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The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Led by University of Houston · Updated on 2025-01-14
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
246 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Houston
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use. Currently there is no guidance for speech language pathologists (SLPs) as to the language of intervention for bilingual children with DLD with differing degrees of proficiency with English or Spanish. This project will examine the relationship between relative language proficiency and the language of intervention, considering monolingual intervention in English and Spanish and bilingual intervention presented by alternating English and Spanish treatment sessions with the goal of improving language outcomes and thereby strengthening long-term academic achievement.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parent concerns or history of receiving services in public schools
- Age-specific cutoff scores on morphosyntax subtests for best language (English or Spanish) on the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment: 84 for 4-year-olds, 85 for 5-year-olds, 81 for 6-year-olds
- Nonverbal IQ score of 70 or above on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test-2, matrices subtest
- Pass a hearing screening test
- Bilingual, producing simple sentences or understanding both Spanish and English
- Accuracy below 40% on elicited production probes for conditional adverbial and complement clauses in both languages, showing ability to benefit from treatment
You will not qualify if you...
- Children with significant sensory-motor concerns or psychiatric disorders as reported by parents will not be enrolled
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
School Districst
Houston, Texas, United States, 77204
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Anny Castilla-Earls
CONTACT
P
Paula Nino Kher
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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