Comparison of the lexicon of children with Down syndrome and typically developing same mental age

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Down Syndrome; Language development; Human Genetics and Inherited Disorders - Down's syndrome; Other - Conditions of unknown or disputed aetiology (such as chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis)

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000929000
• Lead Sponsor: FAPESP (Foundation for supporting research in the state of Sao Paulo)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Experimental group: diagnosis of Down's syndrome, aged 36 to 72 months without hearing loss or visual disabling.
Control group: having typical development, pair with the experimental group regarding sex and mental age without hearing loss or visual disabling.

Exclusion Criteria

Experimental group: hearing loss or disabling visual and other associated changes.
Control group: hearing loss or disabling visual and other associated changes.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children with DS showed lower performance than children with typical development[Evaluations were performed during four sessions of 50 minutes, by Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Early Language ABFW Test - Vocabulary Part B]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There were statistically significant for receptive vocabulary and verbal description in the usual expressive vocabulary[Evaluations were performed during four sessions of 50 minutes, by Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Early Language ABFW Test - Vocabulary Part B]