How can we make grammar learning easier for children with language disorders?

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Recruiting

• Conditions: developmental language disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001552774
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Sydney

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-15
• Last Update Posted: 24 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged aged 5 years 0 months to 7 years 11 months at time of the baseline probe.
2. Confirmed diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) using the criteria operationalised in Bishop et al. (2017), including
a.Performance below the diagnostic cut-off in one or more standardised norm-referenced language tests
b.Normal hearing
c.No earlier diagnosis, parental or teacher concern of intellectual disability, or autism spectrum disorder
d.Parental and/or teacher concern of language difficulties and their impact on the child’s learning and psychosocial development
3. English as primary language of the child
4. Speech is at least 80% intelligible to the speech-language pathologist unfamiliar to the child
5. Normal vision with or without eyeglasses

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria
1.Concomitant genetic or neurodevelopmental disorder e.g., autism, global developmental delay
2.A home language other than English
3.Performance on the baseline measures before treatment show a significant upward trend

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified