Down syndrome Genetic Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
The study is a two-arm, parallel-group, individually Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the BabblePlay app in supporting early vocal development in infants wit
Sponsors
University of York
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
7 Months to 15 Months
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The infant has a diagnosis of Down syndrome 2. The infant is aged between 7 and 15 months at the point of randomisation 3. The infant is growing up in a monolingual English-speaking household, or is exposed to less than 10% of another language, based on caregiver report 4. The infant has eyesight good enough to view shapes on an iPad screen (based on caregiver report) 5. Twins (triplets/quadruplets/….) are eligible to participate 6. The family is based in the UK 7. The infant is not taking part in another speech, language or communication intervention research study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Infant does not meet the diagnosis, age, language exposure, or residency requirements listed above 2. Infant has visual difficulties that would prevent them from seeing shapes on the iPad screen 3. Infant is currently participating in another speech, language, or communication intervention research study
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactTamar;Laura Keren-Portnoy;Boundy
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Outcome results
None listed