About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if providing late talking toddlers who are not responding to the Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late Talkers (VAULT) treatment with a different way of communicating will help them improve their word learning. Participants will start with VAULT word learning treatment. If, in the first few sessions, it looks like they won't respond well, they will be provided with a Big Mack Augmentative and Alternative Communication device (a button that says a word when you press it) to use for their responses. The investigators will see if this modification will help with word learning.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Native English Speaking
Pass pure tone hearing screening or medical report of normal hearing
2-3 years at start of study
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MCDI) expressive scale <10th percentile
Disqualifiers
Parental report of other diagnoses
Enrolled in concurrent treatment elsewhere
Nonverbal IQ <75 as measured by the Bayley Scales
Parents unable to consistently bring child to treatment sessions.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- VAULT Phase 6
Treatment groups
Locations
Sponsors and collaborators
University of Arizona
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborator