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NCT06110884Completed

Music Therapy for Language and Social Skills in Autistic Children

Effectiveness of Music Therapy for Speech Delay and Social Skills in Children With Autism

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This research is a single-blind randomized controlled trial, where the investigators plan to recruit 40 children with autism, randomly divided into two groups. The music therapy intervention group will receive an hour of group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy. The control group will receive only traditional language therapy. The trial will last for 8 weeks, and participants in both groups will be assessed before and after the trial. During the study, the investigators will assess the language abilities autism trait performance, adaptive function, emotional behavior, and parent-child stress levels.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (actual)
First submitted
24 Oct 2023
Start date
17 Jan 2024
Primary completion date
19 Aug 2025
Lead sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
Diseases
Autism
NCT number
NCT06110884

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 40
  • From 17 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 19 Aug 2025
  • 1 site 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

  • children with other neurological diseases
  • children with articulation or voice disorder

Other

  • children without verbal output

Who the study is looking for

  • children with autism
  • aged 3-5 y/o
  • children with speech delay (T-score of Preschool Language Scale \< 40)
  • Mandarin as first language

Age in the registry: 3 years to 5 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin Chu Branch
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HsinchuTaiwanUnknown status

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