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Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Autistic Children

NCT06466876 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2025-08-03

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Summary

Children on the autism spectrum sometimes have difficulty learning new words and using the newly taught information in different situations. In this study, the investigators are testing whether strategies that have been found to improve word learning in non-autistic children will also help autistic children. Specifically, the investigators aim to test whether autistic children learn words more successfully if novel words are taught by repeating the words to the child (re-study) or if the novel words are taught first with labeling each word and then quizzing the child (repeated quizzing).

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* When teaching nouns (names of exotic animals), is learning stronger if autistic children re-study or engage in repeated quizzing of the newly taught words?
* When teaching adjectives (visible features of objects, like a bumpy chair), is learning stronger if autistic children re-study or engage in repeated quizzing of the newly taught adjectives?
* Does the word learning condition (re-study vs. repeated quizzing) impact whether autistic children are more successful in demonstrating their knowledge of the newly taught words in different contexts?
* Are autistic features related to patterns of word learning?

Participants will:

* Learn new words with half of the words being taught in one way (re-study) and the other half of the words being taught in the other way (repeated quizzing).
* Participate in 5-minute and 1-week tests of the newly taught words to measure child learning.
* Complete other language, thinking, and autism clinical assessments.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

retrieval-based word learning

Word learning intervention that compares two strategies for teaching novel words

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Louisiana State University and A&M College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eileen K Haebig, PhD · Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-28
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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