Simplified Language and Learning in Young Children with Down Syndrome
This study is looking at how using simpler language, called "linguistic simplification," affects how young children with Down Syndrome understand and learn words. Children will participate in screen-based tasks where they hear different types of simplified language. The researchers want to see how this affects their language processing and ability to learn new words. They will measure this by tracking where children look during these tasks. You might be able to join if you are 2 to 7 years old, have Down Syndrome, and English is your primary language. The study aims to enroll 30 children. The current status of the study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention (linguistic simplification). It plans to include 30 participants.
- What's involved
- Children will participate in screen-based language processing and word learning tasks. The duration or number of visits is not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary endpoint, gaze location, is measured at Baseline. Further follow-up after this is not specified.
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How Simplified Language Affects Comprehension and Learning in Young Children With Down Syndrome
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Courtney Venker, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Michigan State University
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What this trial measures
- Gaze location on Looking-While-Listening (LWL) tasksBaseline
LWL involves a child looking at a screen with two images, one on each side of the screen, while being provided an auditory cue that includes the name of the target image. The primary outcome is a dichotomous variable indicating whether the child is fixated on the target image or the distracter image; gaze directed at neither image will be considered missing. It will be determined whether gaze is to the left or right image, using trained coders who are blind to target side. Gaze location will be observed every 33 ms from 300 ms after onset to 2000 ms after target word onset, for a total of 51 observations per trial. Analyses will focus on differences across trial types and child characteristics in the trajectory of gaze location over the course of the trial.