Family ASL: Longitudinal Study of Deaf Children and Hearing Parents Who Receive Services to Support the Learning of ASL

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT04988451

University of Connecticut40 enrolled

Overview

This study examines the development of American Sign Language by deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children and their parents.

After being informed about the study and potential risks, adult participants who give written informed consent and children whose parents who give written permission will be enrolled in the study. They will participate in preliminary language tasks to assess baseline performance on American Sign Language (ASL) measures. Subsequently they will have weekly sessions with an ASL Specialist to support their development of ASL, following a 6-week on/6-week off ABABABAB sequence.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Deafness Hearing Loss

Interventions

ASL ServicesBEHAVIORAL

ASL specialist meets with participants and provides ASL instruction

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Children: * Children ages 2;00 - 2;11 at the start of the longitudinal project * Child is Deaf/ Hard-of-Hearing * Participating in a program utilizing a bimodal bilingual philosophy Adults: \- One adult caregiver for each child Exclusion Criteria: * Children with previously-diagnosed conditions other than deafness known to affect language and cognitive development * Families without access to internet (at home or other locations)

Locations (1)

University of Connecticut - Department of Linguistics

Storrs, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from Baseline in ASL Phonological Production Accuracy over 12 Months

Participants copy ASL signs produced on video; their productions are scored for phonological accuracy and reported as percent correct out of all possible phonological features. Weekly measures are taken for SCD analysis.

Time frame: Baseline and 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

Change from Baseline in ASL Production Frequency over 12 Months

Participants engage in naturalistic play sessions which are videorecorded. Sessions are analyzed for the number of productions in ASL over a 15-minute period. Weekly measures are taken for SCD analysis.

Time frame: Baseline and 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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