Addressing Treatment Nonresponders

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age2-4
SponsorUniversity of Arizona

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

16 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Arizona

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Collaborator