Measuring Aided Language Development
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The focus of the current study is to systematically investigate the psychometric properties of a range of aided language measures, which are based on the Graphic Symbol Utterance and Sentence Development Framework (Binger \& Kent-Walsh).
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 3
Maximum Age: 5
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Clinical Identification of Down Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy + 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
Locations
United States
Florida
University of Central Florida - Innovative Center
RECRUITING
Orlando
Contact Information
Primary
Jennifer Kent-Walsh, PhD
Jkentwalsh@ucf.edu
407-823-4800
Backup
Cathy Binger, PhD
cbinger@unm.edu
505-277-4453
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-04-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-03-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Treatment Group
AAC Generative Language Intervention
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of New Mexico, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Leads: University of Central Florida