Reading Disability Clinical Trial
— ReMusOfficial title:
Rhythm and Music to Rehabilitate Reading Disorders
Verified date | December 2014 |
Source | Aix Marseille Université |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | Italy: National Bioethics Committee |
Study type | Interventional |
The purpose of this study is to determine whether music training is an effective treatment of reading disorders
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 48 |
Est. completion date | December 2013 |
Est. primary completion date | June 2013 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 8 Years to 11 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Italian native language - Reading performance (accuracy and/or speed) failed on at least two of three school grade standardized Italian tests: text, words, pseudowords (cut-offs: z-score <-1.8 standard deviations from the mean for speed scores, a score <5th percentile in the accuracy scores). - Hearing and neurological examination within normal range - Normal or corrected-to-normal visual acuity - General IQ >85 at Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III. Exclusion Criteria: - Presence of comorbidity involving Attentional Deficit Disorders with Hyperactivity (ADHD) - Presence of comorbidity involving Specific Language Impairment (SLI) - Presence of comorbidity involving Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) - Severe emotional-relational impairments - Previous formal musical or painting education for more than one year, other on-going treatment. - Presence of other diseases (i.e. diabetes , cystic fibrosis, asthma...) that could influence the performance in cognitive and executive functions. |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Country | Name | City | State |
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Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Aix Marseille Université | University of Roma La Sapienza, WHO Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste |
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Pseudoword reading test | The primary outcome variable was the performance in the pseudoword reading test measured in terms of accuracy (percentile of number of errors). | six months | No |
Secondary | Reading text | Reading a short standardized text, measured in terms of accuracy (percentile of number of errors) and speed (z score of reading syll/sec or time). | six months | No |
Secondary | Phonological awareness | Phonemic blending task. Children have to blend sounds into words (e.g. hearing [c]-[a]-[t] and produce [cat]). The number of correct items is the dependent variable. | six months | No |
Secondary | Word reading | The ability to read aloud single words and pseudowords is measured on a standardized list of 102 Italian words | six months | No |
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