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Word Learning From Parentese in Autistic Children

NCT06649916 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-10-23

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Summary

The overall objective of this research is to determine whether parentese delivered in the video format (Aim 1) and in live interaction (Aim 2) facilitates novel word learning in autistic children and to investigate if there are factors that influence the effect of parentese on word learning (Aim 3).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parentese Speech

Novel words are introduced in parentese, a type of speech that is typically characterized by greater pitch variation, longer duration, and louder volume

BEHAVIORAL

Adult Registered Speech

Novel words are introduced in standard adult register.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas at Dallas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pumpki L. Su, PhD · University of Texas at Dallas

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-04
Primary Completion
2028-03-01
Completion
2028-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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