Study 2: Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Addressed Speech; Behavioral: Overheard Speech

• Registration Number: NCT05192109
• Lead Sponsor: New York University

Brief Summary

The goal of this research is to explore abilities to learn word meanings from overheard conversations in children with ASD (and, as a control, typically developing children).

Specific Aim 2 (Experiment 2): Determine whether children with ASD can learn from addressed and overheard teaching via videoconferencing. The investigators will use a similar procedure to Study 1, except that both overheard and directed teaching will take place on video.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-05
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-03
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-14
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-01
• Study Completion: 2024-12-05
• Results First Submitted: 2025-01-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2025-02-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-28
• Results First Posted: 2025-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 342

Inclusion Criteria

children with or without a diagnosis of ASD between 18 to 71 months of age

Exclusion Criteria

native language is not English born premature (< 36 weeks) has uncorrected hearing or vision impairments has developmental disorders or medical conditions other than ASD that affect language or cognition (excepting psychiatric conditions often comorbid with ASD such as ADHD) has a history of photosensitive epileptic seizures

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Addressed	Addressed Speech	Children participate via video in an interaction with an experimenter who uses the word to be learned.
Overheard	Overheard Speech	Children watch via video while an experimenter uses the word to be learned in an interaction with another experimenter.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of Time During Which Children's Eye Gaze is Directed Toward the Target Object	5 minutes after viewing interaction	Children's eye gaze is recorded as they look at images. The proportion of time during which gaze is directed to an image of the targeted word is the dependent measure.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Emerson College; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

New York University; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States