Improving Outcomes Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 154
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Discourse
研究概览
简要总结
This study evaluates the efficacy of using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology for enhancing language development in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Half of the participants will receive AAC technology with their speech and language therapy and half will continue with their usual care models.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 10 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •documented permanent bilateral hearing loss with severity levels clinically defined in any range (mild to profound);
- •identified with a language gap;
- •currently receiving speech-language therapy.
排除标准
- •primary language other than English
- •significant motor impairments
- •nonverbal IQ <60
- •children with severe communication disorders (i.e. autism spectrum disorders).
结局指标
主要结局
Discourse
时间窗: Assessing change between baseline and 24 weeks.
Child's mean turn length in words collected from language samples. Assessing change between baseline and 24 weeks.
Syntax
时间窗: Change between baseline and 24 weeks
Evaluated using the mean length of utterance in morphemes collected from language samples. Assessing change between baseline and 24 weeks.
semantics
时间窗: Change between baseline and 24 weeks
Variety and total number of vocabulary words used collected from language samples.Assessing change between baseline and 24 weeks.
次要结局
- Language standard scores (receptive and expressive)(Assessing change between baseline and 24 weeks.)
- Social functioning(Assessing change between baseline and 24 weeks.)