Building Sentences With Preschoolers Who Use AAC

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder, Speech Disorders in Children, Speech Intelligibility, Speech Sound Disorder

In brief

The focus of this investigation is to compare the effectiveness of the AAC Generative Language Intervention approach to an AAC Standard of Care condition on preschool sentence productions. All children will use existing AAC iPad applications.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03538925

Run by

University of Central Florida

People needed

70

Starts

2018-05-11

Expected to finish

2023-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-01-08

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 4. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical Identification of 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

You may not qualify if…

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

Where it is running

• FAAST Center at the University of Central Florida — Orlando, Florida, United States
• University of New Mexico Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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