NCT02316873

Rhythm and Music to Rehabilitate Reading Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aix Marseille Université · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether music training is an effective treatment of reading disorders

Detailed description

Introduction: Children with dyslexia show deficits in temporal processing, both in language and in music. Musical activity increases phonological awareness, word segmentation, working memory, as well as reading abilities in children with typical development, a compelling evidence for a role of music training in fostering brain plasticity. Within this theoretical framework, we investigate the hypothesis that music training, by improving temporal processing and rhythm abilities, improves phonological awareness and reading skills in children with dyslexia. Methods: The study is a prospective, multicenter, open randomized controlled trial, consisting of test, rehabilitation and re-test

Conditions

• Reading Disability

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music training	This program was based on the Kodaly and Orff pedagogy and adapted to focus on rhythm and temporal processing.
BEHAVIORAL	Visual arts	This program emphasized visual-spatial and hand skills as well as creativity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2014-12-15
• Last updated: 2014-12-15