Effects of Intensity of Early Communication Intervention

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine if a more intensive application of communication intervention, i.e. 5 hours per week, will result in more frequent intentional communication acts, greater lexical density, and a better verbal comprehension level than children who receive the same communication intervention only one time per week.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00723151

Run by

University of Kansas

People needed

70

Starts

2005-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-11-01

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• must produce at least one intentional communication act during administration of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scale
• a minimum raw score of 34 or a composite score not greater than 75 on the cognitive subtest of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development

You may not qualify if…

• spontaneous production of more than 20 words
• failure of a screening test for Autism
• English is not the primary language spoken in the home
• corrected hearing or corrected vision is not within normal limits

Where it is running

• University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• Vanderbilt University — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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