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NCT04166591Completed

Study 1 Replication and Extension of Prior Work

Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With ASD

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Apr 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

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.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
342 (actual)
First submitted
31 Oct 2019
Start date
5 Jan 2021
Primary completion date
1 Dec 2024
Lead sponsor
New York University
Diseases
Autism
NCT number
NCT04166591

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 342
  • From 5 Jan 2021 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2024
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • 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

Other

  • native language is not English
  • born premature (\< 36 weeks)
  • has uncorrected hearing or vision impairments

Who the study is looking for

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

Age in the registry: 18 months to 71 months · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Emerson College
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
New York University
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status

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