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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| K23HD109375 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome show differences in how they understand and learn language from infancy. They frequently have lifelong delays in speech and language as well. In addition, they experience other auditory symptoms, including being very sensitive to certain sounds as well as being more sensitive than others to loud sounds. The underlying brain activity for sound perception and speech learning in Fragile X is not well understood, especially in the infant and toddler years. This study uses behavioral assessment of speech and language abilities, neuroimaging, and hearing tests to understand how speech and hearing are different in children with Fragile X Syndrome.
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the leading monogenic cause of intellectual disability and autism and is associated with extremely high risk for early delays in speech and language. While infancy is essential for speech and language development, neural mechanisms for language impairments have been studied entirely in older children and adults with FXS. Therefore, markers for speech and language impairments are unavailable in infants and toddlers with FXS to predict severity, test potential mechanisms, and track response to intervention. The investigators have identified a hallmark brain-based phenotype of hyperresponsiveness to sounds in adolescents and adults with FXS. This fundamental alteration in cortical responses to sound could influence early language delays, but this phenotype has not been explored in infants or toddlers with FXS.
Specifically, in this study the investigators will use simultaneous EEG/fNIRS during presentation of simple speech, stories, and nonspeech sounds to quantify and localize auditory hypersensitivity and neural differentiation in 30 infants and toddlers, including 15 with FXS and 15 controls. Infants will complete visits at different ages, with possible visits at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months, so that changes with development can be tracked over time.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Speech Sounds | Experimental | Participants listen to speech sounds while the investigators measure electrical and hemodynamic changes in the brain. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Speech discrimination | Other | Two different speech sounds are played at the same sound intensity. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Mullen Scales of Early Learning | change in Mullen Scales scores (age-corrected) from baseline on all subscales, including Expressive Language, Receptive Language, FIne Motor, Gross Motor, and Visual Reception. T-Scores from the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Range=20-80. Higher scores indicate more advanced developmental skills. | at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration in response to sounds in language regions of the brain | Relative increase in oxygenated versus deoxygenated hemoglobin for no sounds, low intensity sounds, and medium intensity sounds. Measured via functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy with optodes placed over frontal, temporal, and parietal language regions. | at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Changes in amplitude of mismatch negativity response during sound discrimination | Electroencephalography is measured over the scalp while participant listens to speech sounds with infrequent "oddball" stimuli. Amplitude of the P100 for all stimuli as well as amplitude of the mismatch negativity response (frequent minus infrequent response) as well as change in these metrics over development are tracked in all groups. | at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Changes in hearing thresholds | Hearing thresholds in dB as assessed using Conditioned Play Audiometry (CPA) or Visual Reinforced Audiometry (VRA) dependent on child age and developmental ability. | at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) | Signals produced by excitation of hair cells in cochlea are measured for a range of frequencies. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Sensory profile 2 Auditory Processing subtest | parent-report measure of child's behavioral responses to sounds in their environment | at 6 month, 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Sensory Profile 2 Attentional subtest |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Elizabeth Smith, PhD | Contact | 5135171383 | elizabeth.smith3@cchmc.org | |
| Craig Erickson, MD | Contact | 5136366553 | craig.erickson@cchmc.org |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45229 | United States |
Deidentified information will be shared as required for NIH grant supported studies.
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| ID | Term |
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| D005600 | Fragile X Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D038901 | X-Linked Intellectual Disability |
| D008607 | Intellectual Disability |
| D019954 | Neurobehavioral Manifestations |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013067 | Speech Perception |
| ID | Term |
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| D001307 | Auditory Perception |
| D000084323 | Vestibulocochlear Physiological Phenomena |
| D010829 | Physiological Phenomena |
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| at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Changes in tympanometric pressure profile in the inner ear | Wide Band Tympanometry is completed to measure variability in tympanometric pressure for left and right ears that may affect hearing profile. | at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| Changes in LENA vocalizations and conversational turns | LENA is a voice recording system and proprietary program that records a child's home language environment. This recording is then digitally processed to model aspects of the child's own vocalizations and those of others'. | at 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
parent-report measure of child's awareness of and responses to sensory cues in their environment.
| at 6 month, 12 month, 18 month, and 24 month visits |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D025064 | Sex Chromosome Disorders |
| D025063 | Chromosome Disorders |
| D000013 | Congenital Abnormalities |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |
| D030342 | Genetic Diseases, Inborn |
| D040181 | Genetic Diseases, X-Linked |
| D020271 | Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System |