Rhythmic Reading Training: Comparing the Rhythmic and Visual Contributions to Reading Improvement

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Developmental Dyslexia

Treatments: Behavioral: RRT rhythm + visual cue; Behavioral: RRT rhythm only

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04995991

RRT-VISUALCUE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the specific effect of the sub-components of the reading training program Rhythmic Reading Training (RRT) on reading speed and accuracy in a sample of Italian students with developmental dyslexia (DD). More precisely, in order to better understand the neuropsychological mechanisms involved in reading improvements following RRT, the specific contribution of the visual component of the training (presence of a visual cue) will be investigated in a study with between-groups design.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having been diagnosed with DD (ICD-10 code: F81.0) on the basis of standard inclusion and exclusion criteria (ICD-10: World Health Organization, 1992) and of the diagnosis procedure followed in the Italian practice

Exclusion criteria

• presence of comorbidity with other neuropsychiatric or psychopathological conditions
• having been involved in previous reading intervention programs in the previous 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

RRT rhythm only

Experimental group

Description:

10 RRT rhythm only sessions of 60 minutes, twice a week under the supervision of a trainer

Treatment:

Behavioral: RRT rhythm only

RRT rhythm + visual cue

Experimental group

Description:

10 RRT rhythm + visual cue sessions of 60 minutes, twice a week under the supervision of a trainer

Treatment:

Behavioral: RRT rhythm + visual cue

No intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

5 weeks no intervention period