A Multisensory Music Intervention for Children With Reading Disorders (RitMoZ)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Reading Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Spelling Training; Behavioral: Music Training (RitMoZ Training)

• Registration Number: NCT05137353
• Lead Sponsor: Research Centre for Natural Sciences

Brief Summary

With this study, we wish to test how effective/ beneficial music activities can be for children with dyslexia.

Detailed Description

Studies have shown that music in the form of training (i.e., intervention) is able to facilitate linguistic processes (e.g., phonological encoding/decoding, categorical perception) and cognitive functions (e.g., working memory) in children that have dyslexia or reading difficulties. In addition to this, music trainings with a focus on entrainment can improve phonological as well as reading skills.

In line with the above, we have designed and developed a music training programme. This programme, which is called RitMoZ Training (i.e., from Ritmus és Mozgás és Zene: meaning Rhythm and Movement and Music in Hungarian language), is designed for (Hungarian) children who have dyslexia or reading difficulties.

In order to assess the efficacy of the music training, we are going to conduct a randomized controlled trial which consists of a pre-training phase, a training phase and a post-training phase.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-15
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-28
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-30
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-08-31
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosis of reading disorder
• Hungarian as native language

Exclusion Criteria

• comorbidities (e.g., Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD))
• sensory impairment (e.g., hearing loss, low vision)
• cognitive impairment (e.g., panic disorder, low IQ)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Spelling Training	Spelling Training	12 sessions spread in the course of 1.5 months: each session has a duration of 90 minutes; each week will have 2 sessions
Music Training (RitMoZ Training)	Music Training (RitMoZ Training)	12 sessions spread in the course of 1.5 months: each session has a duration of 90 minutes; each week will have 2 sessions

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spelling test	4-7 minutes	For the assessment of spelling, the present subtest is applied from the shortened version of the 3DM-H. Both spelling accuracy and reaction time are measured.
Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) test	3-5 minutes	To assess rapid naming of letters, digits and objects, the present subtest is applied from the shortened version of the 3DM-H. Here, the processing speed is measured.
Choice reaction time test	1 - 2 minutes	The present subtest is applied from the shortened version of the 3DM-H; here, the reaction time is measured.
Auditory discrimination of acoustic and phonetic alteration of pseudowords	20 minutes	This is an Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) task where a speech multifeature paradigm is applied. In the current task, the amplitudes of the Mismatch Negativity (MMN) responses - which are elicited in certain time windows - are measured in every condition.
Reading test	4 minutes	For the assessment of the ability to read aloud series of high frequency words, low frequency words and pseudowords, is applied from the shortened 3DM-H (Differential Diagnostics of Dyslexia Maastricht - Hungarian adaptation). With this test, reading speed, fluency and accuracy and pseudoword accuracy are measured.
Phoneme deletion test	3-7 minutes	For the assessment of phoneme deletion, the present subtest is applied from the shortened version of the 3DM-H. Both accuracy and reaction time are measured.
Letter-sound identification test	2-3 minutes	For the assessment of letter-sound identification, the present subtest is applied from the shortened version of the 3DM-H. Both accuracy and reaction time are measured.
Letter-sound discrimination test	2 - 4 minutes	For the assessment of letter-sound discrimination, the present subtest is applied from the shortened version of the 3DM-H. Both accuracy and reaction time are measured.
Lexical decision task	12- 15 minutes	To assess lexical decision, the present test is applied. Here, accuracy is measured.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Research Centre for Natural Sciences; 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary