Study 2: Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

NCT05192109 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 280522
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 342
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The goal of this research is to explore abilities to learn word meanings from overheard conversations in children with ASD (and, as a control, typically developing children). Specific Aim 2 (Experiment 2): Determine whether children with ASD can learn from addressed and overheard teaching via videoconferencing. The investigators will use a similar procedure to Study 1, except that both overheard and directed teaching will take place on video.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Proportion of Time During Which Children's Eye Gaze is Directed Toward the Target Object

  Children's eye gaze is recorded as they look at images. The proportion of time during which gaze is directed to an image of the targeted word is the dependent measure.

  immediately after viewing 3-minute interaction

• Proportion of Time During Which Children's Eye Gaze is Directed Toward the Target Object

  Children's eye gaze is recorded as they look at images. The proportion of time during which gaze is directed to an image of the targeted word is the dependent measure.

  5 minutes after viewing interaction

Study Arms (2)

Addressed

EXPERIMENTAL

Children participate via video in an interaction with an experimenter who uses the word to be learned.

Behavioral: Addressed Speech

Overheard

EXPERIMENTAL

Children watch via video while an experimenter uses the word to be learned in an interaction with another experimenter.

Behavioral: Overheard Speech

Interventions

Addressed Speech BEHAVIORAL

New words are introduced directly to the child by an experimenter.

Addressed

Overheard Speech BEHAVIORAL

New words are introduced with the child as a bystander rather directly taught.

Overheard

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Months - 71 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• children with or without a diagnosis of ASD between 18 to 71 months of age

You may not qualify if:

• native language is not English born premature (\< 36 weeks) has uncorrected hearing or vision impairments has developmental disorders or medical conditions other than ASD that affect language or cognition (excepting psychiatric conditions often comorbid with ASD such as ADHD) has a history of photosensitive epileptic seizures

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York University: lead
• Emerson College: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, United States

Location

New York University

New York, New York, 10012, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Sudha Arunachalam
• Organization: New York University

sudha@nyu.edu

212-998-4139

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2022
• First Posted: January 14, 2022
• Study Start: December 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2024
• Study Completion: December 5, 2024
• Last Updated: April 1, 2026
• Results First Posted: March 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)