Experimental Word Learning in Children With and Without Language Impairment - Tabular View

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

January 22, 2008

Last Updated Date

January 22, 2008

Start Date ^ICMJE

July 2003

Primary Completion Date

June 2007 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Performance on a post-test administered after every word-learning session. [ Time Frame: Three weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

No Changes Posted

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Occurence of correct spontaneous productions of the taught words during the experimental procedure [ Time Frame: Three weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Experimental Word Learning in Children With and Without Language Impairment

Official Title ^ICMJE

Experimental Word Learning in Children With Normal Development and Children With Language Impairment

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the performances of normally developing children and children with Language Impairment (LI) in three different experimental settings designed to promote vocabulary acquisition. This comparison will also provide evidence to support different intervention approaches designed to increase vocabulary abilities, which has been proved to be one of the major deficits of young children with LI.

Detailed Description

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Design ^ICMJE

Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment

Condition ^ICMJE

Developmental Language Disorders

Intervention ^ICMJE

Behavioral: Word-learning

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Experimental: Children with Developmental Language Impairments were enrolled in this group.
Experimental: Children with normal language development were enrolled in this group.

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ^ICMJE

Completion Date

July 2007

Primary Completion Date

June 2007 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

For GP subjects: - diagnosis of Language Impairment
enrolled in language therapy
age between 3:0 (years:months) and 3:11
For GC subjects: - normal performance in a language screening procedure
normal performance in an expressive vocabulary test

Exclusion Criteria:

For GP subjects: - hearing impairments
diagnosed neurological or behavioral conditions
major cognitive impairment
For GC subjects: - communication complaints from caregivers
history of previous enrollment in language therapy

Gender

Both

Ages

36 Months to 47 Months

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Brazil

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00607334

Responsible Party

Debora Maria Befi-Lopes, University of São Paulo

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

24061316

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

University of Sao Paulo

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Investigators ^ICMJE

Study Chair:	Debora M. Befi-Lopes, PhD	University of São Paulo
Principal Investigator:	Juliana P. Gândara, PhD student	University of São Paulo

Information Provided By

University of Sao Paulo

Verification Date

October 2007

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