NCT01816178

Using a Voice Output Communication Aid to Facilitate Language Development in Young Children With ASD

Using a Voice Output Communication Aid to Facilitate Language Development in Young Children With Autism Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of South Alabama · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It was proposed that in order to teach these children to use a Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA), it should be introduced through a play-based situation using parents as the primary interventionist.

Detailed description

The research will test the effectiveness of using the communication board to improve the frequency of communication and social engagement for these children, and the level or sophistication of that engagement. The study will test the effectiveness of using the communication board in a variety of settings and a variety of practitioners. The study will have sites in and near Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Conditions

• Autistic Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	communication training	Participants were instructed in the use of a voices output communication aid.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-02-01
• Primary completion: 2005-08-01
• Completion: 2005-08-01
• First posted: 2013-03-22
• Last updated: 2013-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States