Developmental Language Disorder Clinical Trials

15 studies are recruiting for developmental language disorder in the United States right now. Each one is listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, the public registry the research teams themselves file with. TrialBoost is not a doctor, a research site, or a study sponsor: the research team decides who takes part.

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1. Optimizing Feedback-based Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

   This project aims to optimize a critical but understudied ingredient of language intervention provided to children with developmental language disorder (DLD) - feedback. The project will bridge a gap between previous findings in our lab of inefficient feedback processing in DLD and clinical practic…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   8 to 12

   Site

   MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts

   Run by

   MGH Institute of Health Professions

   See if you can join NCT05678634 on ClinicalTrials.gov

2. Category Learning Retention in Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder

   Approximately 7% of the population experiences developmental language disorder (DLD), a language disorder with unclear causes. DLD affects communication beyond adolescence and poses challenges for education and career advancement due to difficulties in learning and memory. Recent research suggests …

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   18 to 55

   Site

   University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

   Locations

   2 in total

   Run by

   University of Delaware

   See if you can join NCT05901493 on ClinicalTrials.gov

3. Neuroimaging Reveals Treatment-related Changes in DLD

   Children with developmental language disorders (DLD, aka specific language impairment), a prevalent pediatric disorder, experience hallmark grammar deficits with life-long impacts on educational and occupational outcomes. While effective and early interventions can mitigate the impact of DLD, not e…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   4 to 5

   Site

   Empower Learn Create INC, Cincinnati, Ohio

   Locations

   6 in total

   Run by

   University of Cincinnati

   See if you can join NCT05268341 on ClinicalTrials.gov

4. Training Caregivers to Teach Vocabulary to Children With Language Impairment

   The purpose of this study is to determine whether Spanish-speaking caregivers can learn to teach science vocabulary to their children with the use and educational app and a short training video with target words. The children will take language, speech, and hearing tests, as well as science and voc…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   4 to 6

   Site

   NAU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, Flagstaff, Arizona

   Run by

   Northern Arizona University

   See if you can join NCT07519629 on ClinicalTrials.gov

5. Sentence Prediction in Developmental Language Disorder

   Millions of children - 7-12% of the school-age population - have developmental language disorder (DLD), a disorder that affects language learning, comprehension, and use. These children have difficulty with sentence production and comprehension at every stage of their development. These difficultie…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   5 to 7

   Site

   Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska

   Run by

   Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

   See if you can join NCT07510854 on ClinicalTrials.gov

6. Training Inner Speech in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

   The complex and unclear relationship between language and executive function (EF) creates barriers to developing effective interventions for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) whose language difficulties often co-occur with impaired EF. Children and adults with typical language dev…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   8 to 10

   Site

   MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts

   Run by

   MGH Institute of Health Professions

   See if you can join NCT06880731 on ClinicalTrials.gov

7. A Developmental Framework For Linking Phonological And Morpho-syntactic Sequential Pattern Rules In DLD: Production

   The broad aim of this clinical study is to assess the hypothesis that morphological and phonological deficits are linked by a broader deficit in sequential pattern learning. This hypothesis applies to learning in general, but is especially critical as an avenue for developing earlier assessments an…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   4 to 8

   Site

   University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

   Locations

   2 in total

   Run by

   Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

   See if you can join NCT04558541 on ClinicalTrials.gov

8. Promoting Caregiver Implementation of an Effective Early Learning Intervention

   The goal of this study is to examine the impact of a caregiver-implemented shared reading program, Sit Together and Read (STAR), on children ages 4 to 5 with developmental language disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: * how much STAR impacts children's literacy skills in the short-te…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   4 to 5

   Site

   Schoenbaum Family Center; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, Columbus, Ohio

   Locations

   2 in total

   Run by

   Ohio State University

   See if you can join NCT06275815 on ClinicalTrials.gov

9. Contextual Word Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

   Many children have developmental language disorder, which makes it difficulty to learn language, including vocabulary, and results in ongoing academic and social difficulties. Despite the fact that most words are learned in context without direct teaching, we know very little about how children wit…

   Stage

   Not phased

   Ages

   7 to 11

   Site

   Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Health Sciences Building, Johnson City, New York

   Run by

   Binghamton University

   See if you can join NCT05988190 on ClinicalTrials.gov

10. Early Achievements - Shaping Early Language and Literacy Skills

    Language skills are important for long-term reading comprehension success. Yet there are limited instructional approaches available for prekindergarten (pre-K) teachers to use in their inclusive classrooms to boost literacy-related language skills in children with and without language delays or dis…

    Stage

    Not phased

    Ages

    3 to 5

    Site

    Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

    Run by

    Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

    See if you can join NCT07103044 on ClinicalTrials.gov

11. Exercise Training in Children With Communication Impairments

    This clinical trial study has two goals. The first goal is to establish fitness levels, participation in physical activities, and fine/gross motor abilities for children with development language disorder (DLD). DLD occurs in 1/13 children and children with DLD often have poorer fine/gross motor sk…

    Stage

    Not phased

    Ages

    5 to 9

    Site

    Marquette U, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Run by

    Marquette University

    See if you can join NCT06340893 on ClinicalTrials.gov

12. The Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder Language Disorder

    The goal of this clinical trial is to determine how memory and attention affect the ability of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) to learn and use new vocabulary.

    Stage

    Not phased

    Ages

    5 to 10

    Site

    Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska

    Run by

    Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

    See if you can join NCT06968169 on ClinicalTrials.gov

13. Language Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Trajectories in Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder

    The investigators' overall objective is to characterize the long-term outcomes of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in adulthood and to identify specific cognitive mechanisms mediating these outcomes. To address their objectives, the investigators utilize a large, pre-existing dataset and parti…

    Stage

    Not phased

    Ages

    30 to 35

    Site

    Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, Iowa City, Iowa

    Run by

    University of Iowa

    See if you can join NCT06898671 on ClinicalTrials.gov

14. Emergent Bilinguals: Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment

    Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use. Currently there is no guidance for speech language pathologists (SLPs) as to the language of intervention for emergent Spanish-Engli…

    Stage

    Not phased

    Ages

    4 to 6

    Site

    University of Houston, Houston, Texas

    Run by

    University of Houston

    See if you can join NCT06866223 on ClinicalTrials.gov

15. The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder

    Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use. Currently there is no guidance for speech language pathologists (SLPs) as to the language of intervention for bilingual children wit…

    Stage

    Not phased

    Ages

    4 to 6

    Site

    School Districst, Houston, Texas

    Run by

    University of Houston

    See if you can join NCT06085300 on ClinicalTrials.gov