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Using fMRI to Evaluate Instructional Programs for Children With Developmental Dyslexia

NCT00068835 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2005-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Dyslexia is a common reading disorder. Specialized instructional programs can improve reading ability in children with dyslexia. This study will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine changes in the brains of children who have taken part in these programs.

Conditions

  • Developmental Dyslexia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lindamood-Bell training for dyslexia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Guinevere F. Eden, Ph.D. · Georgetown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-06-30
Completion
2005-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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