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Study 1 Replication and Extension of Prior Work

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New York University (NYU)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Addressed Speech
Behavioral: Overheard Speech

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

155 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 71 months old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

155 participants in 2 patient groups

Addressed
Active Comparator group
Description:
Children participate in an interaction with an experimenter who uses the word to be learned.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Addressed Speech
Overheard
Experimental group
Description:
Children are present in the room while an experimenter uses the word to be learned in an interaction with another experimenter.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Overheard Speech

Trial documents
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Trial contacts and locations

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