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Clinical trials and research at Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 6 clinical trials run by Father Flanagan's Boys' Home that are recruiting, in United States. 1 was first registered in the last 30 days. By phase: Early Phase 1 (1). There are also 64 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $33.5 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 6Clinical trials
- 64NIH research projects
- 1New in 30 days
- 1Country
Newest trials
| Study | Phase | Where | Status | Registered |
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| Hearing Aids for Children with One Good Ear | — | Iowa City, Iowa and 2 other locations | Recruiting | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Helping children with developmental language disorder predict upcoming words in sentences | — | Omaha, Nebraska | Recruiting | Apr 6, 2026 |
| Understanding how memory and attention affect vocabulary learning in children with language disorders | — | Omaha, Nebraska | Recruiting | May 13, 2025 |
| Understanding how cochlear implants affect emotional communication | Early Phase 1 | Tempe, Arizona and 3 other locations | Recruiting | Aug 3, 2022 |
| Examining how vestibular loss affects reading in children with hearing loss | — | Omaha, Nebraska | Recruiting | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Linking phonological and morpho-syntactic patterns in children with language disorders | — | Tucson, Arizona and 1 other locations | Recruiting | Sep 22, 2020 |
All recruiting trials (6)
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Hearing Aids for Children with One Good Ear
This study tests whether using a hearing aid in the affected ear and early intervention helps children with unilateral hearing loss improve speech in noise, brain responses, and language skills.
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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.
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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.
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Understanding how cochlear implants affect emotional communication
This study is testing how cochlear implants affect the way children and adults understand and express emotions in speech.
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Examining how vestibular loss affects reading in children with hearing loss
This study is trying to see how balance problems affect reading skills in children who also have hearing loss.
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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.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 64)
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.
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Sex differences in language impairment and services for children and adults
A study examines why girls with language impairment may receive fewer speech services than boys and what that means for treatment.
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How stress alters cell energy and brain circuits that support self-control
This project is seeing if stress-related changes in mitochondria and antioxidants affect brain circuits for self-control in people aged 15 to 25.
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Helping at-risk infants learn words by encouraging them to look at a speaker's mouth
This project will teach infants who have an older autistic sibling to look at a speaker's mouth during play to help them pick up new words more easily.
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Audiological rehabilitation for children with unilateral hearing loss
A research project aims to help children who hear with one ear by testing ways to improve their hearing and communication through targeted audiology interventions.
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Functional spatial hearing in pediatric cochlear implant users
A study to understand how real-world reverberation affects the ability of kids and young adults with cochlear implants to hear where sounds are coming from.
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Understanding reading in deaf and hard-of-hearing kids using listening devices
This grant studies how early language and reading skills relate to literacy in deaf and hard-of-hearing children who use cochlear implants or hearing aids.
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Open-language tools to measure adult language skills and detect DLD
Researchers are creating a remote, automated tool to measure language abilities in adults and help identify developmental language disorder (DLD).
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Choosing the right hearing device for kids with moderate-to-severe hearing loss
This grant explores which hearing device—hearing aids or cochlear implants—works best for children aged 0-11 with moderate-to-severe hearing loss.
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Sex Differences in Language Impairment and Service Use
This grant looks at why girls with language problems are less likely to get language services than boys, and how gender affects needs and service experiences.
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Dynamic brain mapping in HIV and Alzheimer’s related cognitive changes
A study to understand how brain activity differs in people living with HIV who also have memory and thinking problems, especially those related to Alzheimer’s symptoms.
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Why girls with language problems get fewer school services than boys
This project looks at why girls with developmental language disorder often receive fewer school speech-language services than boys.
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Neural dynamics of sensory processing in children with hearing loss
This study explores how the brains of children with mild-to-severe hearing loss process sounds and other sensations, aiming to understand why listening and learning can be harder for them.
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Dynamic Brain Imaging of Cerebral Palsy Gait
This project uses advanced brain and spinal imaging to understand how cerebral palsy affects the way young people plan and control their leg movements during walking.
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Tracking radon exposure and its effects on attention and immune function across ages
This study follows people from children to adults to understand how home radon exposure might affect attention, brain activity, and immune markers over time.
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Diagnosing How Cochlear Implants Access Speech Across a Band of Frequencies
A study with people who use cochlear implants to figure out why speech is heard differently across users and how to measure and improve access to speech cues.
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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.
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How middle-ear fluid affects children's hearing and development
The team will compare children with middle-ear fluid who have little or no hearing loss to those with larger hearing losses to find which kids need treatment to protect speech, language, and listening skills.
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How childhood stress and puberty shape brain development and mental health
This project looks at how different kinds of early-life stress and the changes of puberty affect brain development and later mental health in children and teens.
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Speech and hearing in people with Down syndrome across ages
This project looks at how infants, children, and adults with Down syndrome perceive speech and hear sounds, to understand what helps them communicate better.
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How Talker and Listener Characteristics Shape Children's Speech Hearing
This grant tests how a child’s hearing and understanding of speech develops when listening to everyday-style speech from speakers with different accents and ages.
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Advanced brain scans to understand thinking problems in people with HIV and cannabis use
This project uses a new kind of brain scan (MEG) to look at how HIV and cannabis use affect brain circuits in adults living with HIV.
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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.
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Motion-tolerant brain mapping for infants and kids with natural movement
A new, kid-friendly brain-mapping approach uses motion-tolerant sensors to study how young brains coordinate thinking and feeling as children grow.
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Reducing harmful brain activity and inflammation in people with HIV
Looks at whether changing brain activity and inflammation can protect thinking and memory in adults living with HIV.
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How inflammation pathways change brain rhythms in people with HIV
This project looks at links between immune-related inflammation signals and abnormal brain activity in adults living with HIV, including effects of substance use.
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Understanding how people with Down syndrome hear and understand speech
This study is looking at how people with Down syndrome, from babies to adults, hear and understand speech, especially in noisy places, to learn more about their communication skills and how hearing loss might impact them.
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Mapping brain activity in Alzheimer's and HIV-related thinking problems
The team compares brain activity patterns in adults with Alzheimer's-related memory problems and adults living with HIV who have thinking difficulties to find distinct brain signatures.
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How HIV and cannabis use affect brain function and inflammation
This study is looking at how using cannabis might help improve thinking skills and reduce inflammation in the brains of people living with HIV, and it aims to find out if cannabis could be a helpful treatment for them.
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Why girls with language difficulties get fewer school language services than boys
This project looks at differences between girls and boys with developmental language problems to understand why girls often receive fewer school language services than boys.
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Understanding Movement in Cerebral Palsy
This project aims to better understand how brain and spinal cord changes affect walking and leg movements in young people and adults with cerebral palsy.
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A conference focused on improving care for children with hearing loss
This conference is all about helping kids with hearing loss by bringing together doctors, researchers, and community members to share the best ways to support these children and their families, so they can get the care they need early on.
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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.
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Understanding Emotions in Speech for Cochlear Implant Users
This project helps us understand how children and adults with cochlear implants hear and express emotions in spoken language.
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Understanding how cochlear implants affect emotional communication
This study looks at how people with cochlear implants, both kids and adults, understand and express emotions in speech, aiming to find ways to help them communicate better and connect with others.
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How trauma affects brain development in young people
This study looks at how experiencing traumatic events when you're young can affect the way your brain works, especially in areas that help with thinking and self-control, and it's aimed at helping kids and young adults aged 0-21 understand the long-term effects of trauma on their mental health.
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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.
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Investigating brain function in people with HIV and cannabis use
This study is looking at how HIV and cannabis use might affect thinking and memory in people with HIV, using special brain imaging to find out which parts of the brain are involved, so we can improve tests and understand these issues better.
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Understanding how children hear and recognize speech in different situations
This study is looking at how things like a speaker's accent and way of talking can make it easier or harder for kids to understand speech in noisy places, and it's designed to help us learn more about how children hear and recognize speech, especially for those who might have hearing difficulties.
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Understanding how children hear in noisy environments
This study is looking at how kids aged 6 to 18 hear sounds in places with a lot of echo, which can make it hard to understand speech, to help improve hearing devices for children with hearing loss.
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Understanding brain dysfunction in Alzheimer's and HIV patients
This study is looking at how HIV might affect thinking and memory in people with Alzheimer's disease by exploring how their brains work, and it aims to help us understand these conditions better.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Father Flanagan's Boys' Home are recruiting right now?
6, as of November 12, 2026. 1 of them was first registered in the last 30 days. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
All of them have sites in United States. Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
What phases are they in?
Early Phase 1: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
Find the studies that fit you
A list is a starting point. Tell us your situation in your own words and we'll rank the studies that match and explain why. It's free and needs no account.