Study 2: Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Study 2: Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05192109
• Other study ID #: 280522
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: October 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 2 (Experiment 2): Determine whether children with ASD can learn from addressed and overheard teaching via videoconferencing. The investigators will use a similar procedure to Study 1, except that both overheard and directed teaching will take place on video.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 295
• Est. completion date: February 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
• Autistic Disorder
• Child Development Disorders, Pervasive

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	Proportion of time during which children's eye gaze is directed toward the target object	Children's eye gaze is recorded as they look at images. The proportion of time during which gaze is directed to an image of the targeted word is the dependent measure.	immediately after intervention
Primary	Proportion of time during which children's eye gaze is directed toward the target object	Children's eye gaze is recorded as they look at images. The proportion of time during which gaze is directed to an image of the targeted word is the dependent measure.	after 5 minutes