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Developmental Language Disorder clinical trials and research

• 20Clinical trials
• 36NIH research projects
• 6Countries

Newest Developmental Language Disorder clinical trials

All recruiting trials (20)

• Training Spanish-speaking caregivers to teach science vocabulary to young children with developmental language disorder

  It sees if Spanish-speaking caregivers can use a short training plus either an app or books to teach science vocabulary to 4- to 6-year-old children with developmental language disorder.

  Recruiting Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, Arizona · NCT07519629

• Helping children with developmental language disorder predict upcoming words in sentences

  This project tries training sentence-prediction skills in school-age children with developmental language disorder to see if it helps them understand sentences better.

  Recruiting Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Omaha, Nebraska · NCT07510854

• Early Achievements: Building Early Language and Literacy Skills for Pre-K Children

  This project will test a teacher training program to see if teaching pre-K teachers language-rich literacy strategies helps children with and without developmental language disorder improve vocabulary, syntax, story skills, and listening comprehension.

  Recruiting Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. · Baltimore, Maryland · NCT07103044

• Understanding how memory and attention affect vocabulary learning in children with language disorders

  This study tests how memory and attention affect vocabulary learning in children with language disorders compared to their peers who develop language normally.

  Recruiting Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Omaha, Nebraska · NCT06968169

• Comparing explicit and implicit language interventions for Cantonese-speaking children with language disorders

  This study is testing whether a direct teaching method or a more natural approach helps Cantonese-speaking children with language disorders improve their ability to use complex sentences.

  Recruiting The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Hong Kong · NCT06954194

• Assessing language and reading disorder risks in children

  This study is testing new online tools to see if they can help identify preschool and primary school kids at risk for language and learning disorders, especially those who speak multiple languages.

  Recruiting IRCCS Eugenio Medea · Bosisio Parini, LC · NCT06937255

• Examining language outcomes in adults with and without Developmental Language Disorder

  This study looks at how language skills change over time in adults with Developmental Language Disorder compared to those who developed language normally.

  Recruiting University of Iowa · Iowa City, Iowa · NCT06898671

• Teaching inner speech to help children with developmental language disorder

  This project tests whether modeling self-directed 'inner speech' helps children with developmental language disorder improve their ability to switch between tasks and control behavior.

  Recruiting MGH Institute of Health Professions · Boston, Massachusetts · NCT06880731

• Examining language treatment for bilingual children with language disorders

  This study tests whether using a mix of Spanish and English in therapy helps bilingual children with language disorders learn better than using just one language at a time.

  Recruiting University of Houston · Houston, Texas · NCT06866223

• Digital neuropsychological rehabilitation program for learning difficulties

  This study is testing a digital program to see if it can help teenagers with learning difficulties, like dyslexia, feel better about themselves and improve their learning skills.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Helsinki University Central Hospital · Helsinki and 1 other locations · NCT06713863

• Understanding the genetic causes of language development disorders in children

  This study is trying to find out the genetic reasons behind language development disorders in children to help understand and treat them better.

  Recruiting at 3 sites Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France · Corbeil-Essonnes and 2 other locations · NCT06660108

• Exercise program for children with communication impairments

  This study tests if an exercise program can help children with communication difficulties improve their fitness and motor skills better than a restful play program.

  Recruiting Marquette University · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · NCT06340893

• Understanding late talking in children using brain imaging and behavior assessments

  This study is trying to understand why some toddlers talk later than others by looking at their brains and behaviors to help create better support for them.

  Recruiting at 2 sites University of Toronto · Oshawa, Ontario and 1 other locations · NCT06156865

• Examining how language proficiency affects treatment outcomes in bilingual children with language disorders

  This study tests whether bilingual children with language disorders do better with treatment that uses both English and Spanish compared to treatment that focuses on just one language.

  Recruiting University of Houston · Houston, Texas · NCT06085300

• Improving word learning in children with language disorders

  This study is trying a new way to help children with language disorders learn new words better by using different texts and teaching them about word meanings in context.

  Recruiting Binghamton University · Johnson City, New York · NCT05988190

• Understanding how adults learn and remember speech sounds with and without language disorders

  This study tests how well adults with and without language disorders can learn and remember speech sounds through different training schedules to see what works best for them.

  Recruiting at 2 sites University of Delaware · Newark, Delaware and 1 other locations · NCT05901493

• Identifying early signs of language impairments in infants

  This study is trying to find early signs that could show if babies might have language problems later on, so we can better understand their development and help them with reading and spelling skills as they grow.

  Recruiting IRCCS Eugenio Medea · Bosisio Parini, LC · NCT05767242

• Improving feedback learning for children with language disorders

  This study is testing different ways of giving feedback to see if it can help children with language disorders learn better.

  Recruiting MGH Institute of Health Professions · Boston, Massachusetts · NCT05678634

• Understanding brain changes in children with developmental language disorder

  This study is trying to see how treatment affects grammar learning in preschoolers with developmental language disorder by looking at their brain changes before and after therapy.

  Recruiting at 4 sites University of Cincinnati · Cincinati, Ohio and 5 other locations · NCT05268341

• Linking phonological and morpho-syntactic patterns in children with language disorders

  This study is testing how well children with language disorders, aged 4 to 8, can learn sounds and word patterns to help create better ways to support their language development.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Tucson, Arizona and 1 other locations · NCT04558541

NIH-funded research (36)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• Retrieval-based Word Learning for Young Children with Developmental Language Disorder

  A project helps 4- to 5-year-olds with language disorder learn new words more effectively using memory-based learning tricks.

  NIH research Purdue University · West Lafayette, United States · NIH-11450361

• Predicting Developmental Language Delay in Young Children

  A study of young children to identify early signs that predict developmental language delay, using timing and processing measures from two new language screening tools.

  NIH research University of Delaware · Newark, UNITED STATES · NIH-11427586

• Understanding how infants’ early speech becomes language skills and how it might signal language disorders

  This grant studies how a baby’s brain learns sounds in the first year of life and whether early patterns can predict and prevent language disorders.

  NIH research University of Washington · Seattle, United States · NIH-11386574

• Language in adults with and without Developmental Language Disorder

  This grant helps researchers study how language abilities develop and change in adults with and without developmental language disorder to improve understanding and support.

  NIH research University of Iowa · Iowa City, United States · NIH-11380005

• Understanding short-term verbal memory in children and adults with Developmental Language Disorder

  A study to understand the memory and language links in people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) across kids and adults.

  NIH research Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Boys Town, United States · NIH-11353990

• Computer-assisted bilingual vocabulary help for kids with language disorder

  A computer-assisted program helps monolingual clinicians teach bilingual Spanish-English vocabulary to emergent bilingual children with developmental language disorder.

  NIH research Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, United States · NIH-11346956

• Caregiver actions that support Spanish development in preschool bilingual children at risk for language disorder

  This project looks at which everyday caregiver behaviors help Spanish-speaking preschoolers who are emergent bilinguals and may have Developmental Language Disorder keep and grow their home language.

  NIH research University of Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas, United States · NIH-11328279

• Which therapy language helps bilingual children with developmental language disorder

  Speech therapy in English, Spanish, or both will be compared to see which approach best helps bilingual children with developmental language disorder based on their language strengths.

  NIH research University of Houston · Houston, United States · NIH-11324265

• Brain differences in the thinking and memory networks of children with developmental language disorder

  The team will look at brain structure and activity in children and teens with developmental language disorder to link thinking and language difficulties.

  NIH research Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Boys Town, United States · NIH-11319877

• Teaching self-talk to help thinking and attention in children with developmental language disorder

  This project teaches school-aged children with developmental language disorder to use self-directed speech to improve switching between tasks and control attention.

  NIH research Mgh Institute of Health Professions · Charlestown, UNITED STATES · NIH-11312731

• How bilingual children learn new words when switching languages

  This study is looking at how bilingual kids, especially those who speak both Spanish and English, learn new words when they switch between languages, and it’s designed for children aged four to six, including those with Developmental Language Disorder, to find out the best ways to help them improve their language skill

  NIH research University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, United States · NIH-11241218

• Understanding Language Development in Adults with and without Developmental Language Disorder

  This project looks at how language skills develop and change over time in adults who have Developmental Language Disorder and those who do not.

  NIH research University of Iowa · Iowa City, United States · NIH-11163373

• Improving word learning for young children with developmental language disorder

  This work tests whether asking four- and five-year-old children with developmental language disorder to frequently recall new words, including through storybooks and sentence practice, helps them learn and remember vocabulary better than other ways of teaching.

  NIH research Purdue University · West Lafayette, United States · NIH-11162494

• Common thinking and attention differences in children with developmental language disorder across English and bilingual backgrounds

  This project looks at whether 5–7 year-old children with developmental language disorder share non-language differences in processing speed, working memory, and attention across English-only and bilingual backgrounds.

  NIH research University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, United States · NIH-11160548

• Early brain responses to speech in babies at risk for developmental language disorder

  This work looks at whether babies' brain responses to speech between 6 and 12 months can signal later risk for developmental language disorder.

  NIH research University of Washington · Seattle, United States · NIH-11144377

• Investigating brain differences in children with developmental language disorder

  This study is looking at how the brains of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) work differently and how those differences might affect their language skills and memory, with the hope of finding better ways to help them.

  NIH research Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Boys Town, United States · NIH-11141501

• Understanding Short-term Verbal Memory in Developmental Language Disorder

  This work helps us better understand how short-term verbal memory works in people with Developmental Language Disorder, a common communication challenge.

  NIH research Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Boys Town, United States · NIH-11124745

• Improving executive function in children with language disorders through verbal training

  This study is looking at how teaching kids with developmental language disorder to use words and language can help them think better and manage their behavior, making it easier for them to succeed in school and everyday life.

  NIH research Mgh Institute of Health Professions · Charlestown, UNITED STATES · NIH-11121115

• Understanding how children with language disorders manage their emotions

  This study is looking at how kids and teens with developmental language disorder manage their emotions, to better understand their struggles and help them get the support they need.

  NIH research University of South Carolina at Columbia · Columbia, United States · NIH-11085062

• Investigating rhythmic grouping in children with developmental language disorder

  This study is looking at how kids aged 7 to 8 with developmental language disorder (DLD) understand rhythm in music and language by having them do fun activities like drumming and talking, with the goal of finding new ways to help them improve their communication skills.

  NIH research University of Texas Dallas · Richardson, United States · NIH-11074523

• How language proficiency affects treatment outcomes in bilingual children with language disorders

  This study looks at how well bilingual kids with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) do in therapy when it's given in Spanish or English, to find out which language helps them improve the most based on how good they are in each language.

  NIH research University of Houston · Houston, United States · NIH-11073019

• Understanding how children with and without language disorders process speech disfluencies.

  This study looks at how kids, with and without language challenges, understand speech pauses like 'uh' and 'um', to help us learn more about how these sounds affect their language learning and could lead to better ways to support children who struggle with talking.

  NIH research University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, United States · NIH-11004259

• Understanding how poverty affects language development in young children

  This study looks at how growing up in different family situations and facing poverty can affect how children learn to talk and read from birth to age 9, especially for those in low-income families, by following a group of kids over several years to see what challenges they face.

  NIH research Ohio State University · Columbus, UNITED STATES · NIH-10981676

• Improving language skills in preschoolers with developmental language disorder

  This study is looking at how a special program can help preschoolers who are at risk for language delays improve their vocabulary and grammar, with support from both their parents and therapists.

  NIH research Vanderbilt University · Nashville, UNITED STATES · NIH-10917736

• Understanding how caregivers can support Spanish language development in young bilingual children at risk for language disorders

  This study is looking at how Spanish-speaking caregivers can help their preschool-aged children, who are learning both Spanish and English and may have language challenges, by using specific strategies at home to boost their language skills.

  NIH research University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston · Houston, United States · NIH-10914800

• Exploring storytelling practices of bilingual Mexican-American children with language disorders

  This study looks at how bilingual Mexican-American kids with language challenges tell stories, aiming to find the best ways to understand their unique ways of expressing themselves and improve support for them in school.

  NIH research University of California-Irvine · Irvine, United States · NIH-10903548

• Understanding how infants learn sounds during a critical period for language development

  This study is looking at how babies, especially those who might have trouble with language later on, learn to recognize sounds from 6 to 12 months old, to find early signs that could help us support them better as they grow.

  NIH research University of Washington · Seattle, United States · NIH-10898769

• Understanding language challenges in adults with Developmental Language Disorder

  This study is looking at how Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) affects adults' language skills and everyday life, like their education and jobs, to better understand the differences in how people with DLD communicate compared to those without it.

  NIH research University of Iowa · Iowa City, United States · NIH-10897886

• Understanding cognitive processing in children with language disorders

  This study is looking at how kids aged 5 to 7 with developmental language disorder (DLD) think and process information compared to other kids, especially those who speak different languages like English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, to help improve how we understand and support their needs.

  NIH research University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, United States · NIH-10896362

• Linking phonological and grammatical patterns in children with language disorders

  This study is looking at how kids with developmental language disorder (DLD) have trouble with sounds and grammar in language, and it hopes to find ways to help them learn better by understanding their specific challenges.

  NIH research Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Boys Town, United States · NIH-10895984

• Understanding how children with language disorders learn

  This study is looking at how children with developmental language disorder (DLD) learn to speak and aims to find better ways to help them improve their language skills.

  NIH research Mgh Institute of Health Professions · Charlestown, UNITED STATES · NIH-10867443

• Understanding the brain differences in young adults with Developmental Language Disorder.

  This study is looking at how Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) impacts the brain and language skills in young adults, aiming to better understand the unique challenges they face in communication and social situations.

  NIH research University of Texas Dallas · Richardson, United States · NIH-10861866

• Improving speech and planning skills in preschoolers with language disorders

  This study is looking at how preschoolers with developmental language disorder can boost their speaking and thinking skills by using their own words to guide themselves, and it also explores how parents can help these kids become better at solving problems and planning.

  NIH research University of Arizona · Tucson, United States · NIH-10838354

• Improving language skills in preschoolers with developmental language disorder

  This study is looking at how a special program can help preschoolers who might struggle with language learn better vocabulary and grammar, with support from both their parents and therapists.

  NIH research Vanderbilt University · Nashville, UNITED STATES · NIH-10656032

• How children with developmental language disorder process audiovisual information

  This study looks at how kids with developmental language disorder (DLD) understand speech by using both what they see and hear, and it compares their experiences to those of kids who develop language normally, to help us learn more about the challenges they face in learning to talk.

  NIH research Purdue University · West Lafayette, United States · NIH-10616755

• Improving language skills in preschoolers with developmental language disorder

  This study is looking at a new way to help preschoolers who might have trouble with language by using a special program that parents and therapists can do together, to see if it can boost their vocabulary and grammar skills.

  NIH research Vanderbilt University · Nashville, UNITED STATES · NIH-10458070

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How many Developmental Language Disorder clinical trials are recruiting right now?

20, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 6 countries. The most sites are in United States (14 trials), Italy (2 trials), Hong Kong (1 trial), France (1 trial), Canada (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

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