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Sentence Shaping for Children with Hearing Loss

This study is looking at a teaching method called Shape Coding to help children who are deaf or hard of hearing improve their written English sentences. Shape Coding uses visual supports to help children understand how to put words in the correct order. The study aims to see if this method can help children aged 9 to 15 who have bilateral hearing loss (hearing loss in both ears), use spoken English and ASL, and are already writing sentences but make grammar or word order mistakes. We want to find out what proportion of children successfully improve their sentence writing within 8 weeks.

Study design
This study plans to enroll 30 participants. It is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention.
What's involved
The intervention will involve introducing and reviewing shapes from Shape Coding and learning how to put word tiles in order according to these shapes.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Success will be measured from the start of the study up to a maximum of 8 weeks.

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NCT06860022

Sentence Shaping - DHH

Recruiting
NAAges 9–15InterventionalTreatment
Vanderbilt University
~30 participants
Updated 2026-08-25 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Shape Coding

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
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What they're measuring
Proportion of children for whom the intervention is successful
Measured over Baseline to up to 8 weeks maximum

Conditions

Hearing Loss, Bilateral

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Tennessee1

Who to contact

Adriana M Valtierra, M.S.
[email protected]
219-614-5980
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Children in grades five through eight
deaf or hard of hearing
use spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL)
bilateral hearing loss
the ability to read and understand the grammatical structures of interest
already be writing sentences, but demonstrate errors in word order and/or grammar.

Exclusion

diagnosis of dyslexia
uncorrected vision impairment (i.e., identified vision loss without use of corrective lenses that interferes with eligibility evaluation tasks)
evidence of severe motor impairment (i.e., insufficient motor skills to complete eligibility evaluation tasks independently).

What this trial measures

  • Proportion of children for whom the intervention is successfulBaseline to up to 8 weeks maximum

    The investigators will calculate the proportion of children for whom the intervention is successful, defined as at least 80% accuracy for 3 consecutive data collection days.