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Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading II
Led by Purdue University · Updated on 2025-07-04
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
73 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Purdue University
Lead Sponsor
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD; also referred to as specific language impairment) experience a significant deficit in language ability that is longstanding and harmful to the children's academic, social, and eventual economic well-being. Word learning is one of the principal weaknesses in these children. This project focuses on the word learning abilities of four- and five-year-old children with DLD. The goal of the project is to build on the investigators' previous work to determine whether, as has been found thus far, special benefits accrue when these children must frequently recall newly introduced words during the course of learning. In this study, the investigators seek to replicate the advantage that repeated retrieval holds over simple exposure to the words appearing in the context of a story book by increasing the degree to which the words are integrated into the story line.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder During Book Reading II
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Significant deficit in language ability or documented age-appropriate language ability
- Normal hearing
- No evidence of neurological damage or disease
- Nonverbal intelligence scores above the intellectual disability range
- Not within autistic range on autism screening test
- Native English speaker (can be bilingual)
You will not qualify if you...
- Failed hearing screening
- Known neurological damage or disease
- Nonverbal intelligence scores below intellectual disability range (standard score less than 75)
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Non-native English speaker
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47907
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Patricia L Deevy, PhD
CONTACT
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Laurence B Leonard, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
FACTORIAL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
2
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