Study 1 Replication and Extension of Prior Work

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With ASD

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04166591
• Other study ID #: 280521
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 5, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: New York University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this research is to explore abilities to learn word meanings from overheard conversations in children with ASD (and, as a control, typically developing children).

Specific Aim 1 (Experiment 1): Subaim 1a: Identify child characteristics associated with learning from overhearing. In a prior study, the investigators found that 13 children with ASD were able to learn the meanings of novel words that they heard used in a conversation involving two adults. In the current study, the investigators aim to study a larger sample to identify what child characteristics are associated with good learning in an overhearing situation as compared to a situation in which the child is directly taught the new word. Subaim 1b: Assess retention and generalization of words learned from overhearing. The investigators will re-test children on their knowledge of the word meanings after a 10-minute delay to see if they both retain the word meanings and can generalize the new words to new situations.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 155
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Months to 71 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children with or without a diagnosis of ASD between 18 to 71 months of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• native language is not English

• born premature (< 36 weeks)

• has uncorrected hearing or vision impairments

• has developmental disorders or medical conditions other than ASD that affect language or cognition (excepting psychiatric conditions often comorbid with ASD such as ADHD)

• has a history of photosensitive epileptic seizures

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Overheard Speech
New words are introduced with the child as a bystander rather directly taught.
• Addressed Speech
New words are introduced directly to the child by an experimenter.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Emerson College	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	New York University	New York	New York

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
New York University	Emerson College

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of children who select the target object by touching, pointing, or grasping on each trial	Children are prompted to identify the object that is associated with the target word. The first object they touch, point, or grasp after the prompt is noted. If this is the target object, the child receives a score of 1 for that trial.	immediately after intervention
Primary	Number of children who select the target object by touching, pointing, or grasping	Children are prompted to identify the object that is associated with the target word. The first object they touch, point, or grasp after the prompt is noted. If this is the target object, the child receives a score of 1 for that trial.	after 5 minutes