Identification of Treatment Parameters That Maximize Language Treatment Efficacy For Children
University of Arizona
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare word learning outcomes in late talking toddlers who are taught different types of words. The main question it aims to answer is if teaching words that come from categories that children already know (e.g., animals) will aid overall word learning. Children will take part in the Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late Talkers (VAULT) word learning treatment and be taught words from more familiar or less familiar categories to see which group learns more words overall.
Description
Children will be assigned to either the familiar or less-familiar word group. All children will receive 8 weeks of Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late Talkers (VAULT) word learning treatment (2x/wk for 30 minutes each session). The investigators will measure how well children learn the words they are taught as well as the words that are in the environment, but not explicitly taught (control words). This will help us know if their learning is due to treatment or maturation. The investigators will compare children to themselves (taught words v. control words) to ensure that the overall tre…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 2–4 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Native English Speaking * Pass pure tone hearing screening or medical report of normal hearing * 2-3 Years of age * MCDI expressive scale \<10th percentile Exclusion Criteria: * Parental report of other diagnoses * Enrolled in concurrent treatment elsewhere * Nonverbal IQ \<75 as measured by the Bayley scales * Parents unable to consistently bring child to treatment sessions
Interventions
- BehavioralVAULT Phase 5
This is an input-based vocabulary learning treatment based on principles of statistical learning.
Location
- University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona