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Brain Mechanisms for Language Processing in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT02700074 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2020-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main goal of our study is to find out why some people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) do not develop verbal abilities or remain minimally-verbal throughout adolescence and adulthood. Current research focuses on investigating brain differences related to processing sounds and initiating speech in adolescents and young adults with ASD varying in language skills, compared to adolescents who do not have ASD, in order to clarify whether atypical processes of auditory perception, perceptual organization and/or neural oscillation patterns may explain why some individuals with ASD fail to acquire functional speech.

Conditions

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

No Intervention

Intervention is not a part of this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northeastern University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston University Charles River Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD · Boston University

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-08-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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