Training Inner Speech in Children with Developmental Language Disorder

Launched by MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Mar 14, 2025

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This project aims to determine the impact of modeling verbal mediation on the executive function (EF) of shifting in school-aged children with DLD. The investigators will determine the effect of modeling verbal mediation on the use of verbal mediation (Aim 1) and behavioral and electrophysiological measures of shifting (Aim 2). Because accuracy and reaction time are not direct measures of the cognitive process that leads to shifting, they will be supplemented with an electrophysiological marker of shifting that reflects real-time cue processing.

PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-five children (N = 75)...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion criteria (children with developmental language disorder; DLD):
• • Age 8;0-9;11 years English as the primary language
• • Pass hearing screen bilaterally (20 dB HL, at 1K, 2K, \& 4K)
• • TILLS Identification Core Score \< 34
• Inclusion criteria (children with typical development; TD):
• • Age 8;0-9;11 years English as the primary language
• • Pass hearing screen bilaterally (20 dB HL, at 1K, 2K, \& 4K)
• • TILLS Identification Core Score \> or = 34
• Exclusion criteria (DLD \& TD groups):
• • KBIT-2 Fluid Subtest Standard Score \< 70
• • ADHD, Autism, TBI, or other neurological deficits or disorders