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Experimental Word Learning in Children With and Without Language Impairment

NCT00607334 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2008-02-05

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the performances of normally developing children and children with Language Impairment (LI) in three different experimental settings designed to promote vocabulary acquisition. This comparison will also provide evidence to support different intervention approaches designed to increase vocabulary abilities, which has been proved to be one of the major deficits of young children with LI.

Conditions

  • Developmental Language Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Word-learning

Exposure to five nonwords for three sessions of controlled interaction with the experimenter

BEHAVIORAL

Word-learning

Exposure to five nonwords for three sessions of controlled interaction with the experimenter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Debora M. Befi-Lopes, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

  • Juliana P. Gândara, PhD student · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
36 Months
Max Age
47 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-06-30
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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