More and Less Social Comprehension

Part of paid clinical trials in Lawrence, Kansas.

Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Study ID
NCT06116552
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
9 Years - 12 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • More Social Stories — BEHAVIORAL
    Children listen to four stories while looking at accompanying images that contain more social information (e.g., characters referencing, dialogue, mental and emotional state words, and narrativity) as measured by a text analysis.
  • Less Social Stories — BEHAVIORAL
    Children listen to four stories while looking at accompanying images that contain less social information (e.g., characters referencing, dialogue, mental and emotional state words, and narrativity) as measured by a text analysis.

Study Details

The goal of this early Phase 1 clinical trial is to assess if the social content of a story impacts autistic children's listening comprehension of stories. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Does removing social content from a story improve listening comprehension in autistic children? * Does listening comprehension of more social versus less social stories differentially predict performance on a standardized reading comprehension measure? Participants will listen to more social and less social stories while viewing accompanying pictures and answer comprehension questions about the stories and complete a standardized assessment of reading comprehension. In addition, participants complete measures of their nonverbal cognition, hearing status, autism severity, language abilities, and social communication abilities to help characterize individual differences in participants.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 10, 2023
Status verified
Apr 2025
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Experimental: More and Less Social Comprehension
    Participants listen to more social and less social comprehension stories and answer comprehension questions about the stories.

Primary Outcome Measure

Percent of correct comprehension questions for more social stories at baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Kansas Comprehension and Language Learning LabLawrenceKansas66045
Thomas Gottstein
[email protected]
785-864-6037
Meghan M Davidson, PhD, CCC-SLP
[email protected]
785-864-6430
Meghan M Davidson, PhD, CCC-SLP (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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