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Measuring Language Skills in Young Children Who Use Aided Communication

Tests language measures for young children with speech disorders, Down syndrome or cerebral palsy.

Key facts

Who runs it
University of Central Florida
Where
Orlando, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Measuring Aided Language Development
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
60 people, planned
Started
1 Apr 2025
Expected to end
31 Mar 2028
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • AAC Generative Language Intervention
Record updated
16 May 2025

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for young children with Down syndrome or cerebral palsy who have a serious speech problem. It tests a language program using a picture-symbol app on an iPad.

Age
42 Months to 60 Months
Sex
All
Disease stage
Down syndrome or cerebral palsy, together with a significant speech impairment.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • A diagnosis of autism or social communication disorder
  • Main language spoken at home is not English
  • Not able to express at least 25 words in any way of communicating
  • Not able to pick picture symbols on an iPad app with at least 50% accuracy
  • Vision or hearing problems that glasses or hearing aids do not correct enough for the study activities

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Clinical Identification of Down Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy + Significant Speech Impairment
  • Must Speak English as a Primary Language
  • Must Be Able to Express At Least 25 Words (using any communication mode)
  • Must Be Able to Accurately Select Picture Symbols on iPad Communication App with at Least 50% Accuracy
  • Vision and Hearing within Functional Limits or Corrected to be within Functional Limits for Study Activities

Who cannot take part

  • Clinical Diagnosis of Autism or Social Communication Disorder
  • Primary Language Spoken is A Language Other than English

Where in United States

  • University of Central Florida - Innovative CenterOrlando, United StatesContact: Nancy Harrington, MATaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The focus of the current study is to systematically investigate the psychometric properties of a range of aided language measures, which are based on the Graphic Symbol Utterance and Sentence Development Framework (Binger \& Kent-Walsh).

The group in the trial

  • Treatment GroupTreatment being tested

    AAC Generative Language Intervention

    Treatment: AAC Generative Language Intervention

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Measuring Aided Language Development
Plain-language title
Measuring Language Skills in Young Children Who Use Aided CommunicationGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Record updated
16 May 2025