NCT04166591

Study 1 Replication and Extension of Prior Work

Learning New Words From Overhearing in Children With ASD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 342 (actual)
• Sponsor: New York University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Months – 71 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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 1 (Experiment 1): Subaim 1a: Identify child characteristics associated with learning from overhearing. In a prior study, the investigators found that 13 children with ASD were able to learn the meanings of novel words that they heard used in a conversation involving two adults. In the current study, the investigators aim to study a larger sample to identify what child characteristics are associated with good learning in an overhearing situation as compared to a situation in which the child is directly taught the new word. Subaim 1b: Assess retention and generalization of words learned from overhearing. The investigators will re-test children on their knowledge of the word meanings after a 10-minute delay to see if they both retain the word meanings and can generalize the new words to new situations.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Overheard Speech	New words are introduced with the child as an observer rather directly taught.
BEHAVIORAL	Addressed Speech	New words are introduced directly to the child by an experimenter.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-05
• Primary completion: 2024-12-01
• Completion: 2024-12-05
• First posted: 2019-11-18
• Last updated: 2025-04-04
• Results posted: 2025-03-20

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States