Retrieval Practice for Word Learning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss, Language Impairment

In brief

This study is designed to advance the promising yet underutilized research on retrieval practice by evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of two key retrieval practice features (feedback and spacing). The study uses four single case adapted alternating treatments studies, each with 5- to 9-year-old children who are deaf and hard of hearing to evaluate the effects of feedback and spacing on the efficiency of word learning and retention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05512000

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

13

Starts

2023-02-05

Expected to finish

2025-07-11

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-16

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At least minimal prelingual hearing loss
• Standard scores of at least 70 for receptive and expressive vocabulary skills
• English is only spoken language

You may not qualify if…

• Below average nonverbal cognition
• Uncorrected vision impairment
• Evidence of severe motor impairment

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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