The purpose of this research is to better understand how skills related to executive function like memory and flexible thinking are related to grammar and language comprehension and production in children with FXS, DS, and DLD, and a comparison group of neurotypical children.
Studies Currently Recruiting
Are you a young adult with Down syndrome looking to make brain waves for science? (Litovsky)
Our Goals: We hope you will be a part of the first study for young adults with Down syndrome to combine: Who can help? Young adults with Down syndrome who are: 18 to 24 years …
Leveraging Technology to Identify Outcome Measures for Young Children with Down Syndrome (Sterling)
Our study aims to learn more about how language samples collected in the home can be used to measure the language development of children with Down syndrome.
El E studio C erebro S ano y D esarrollo I nfantil – HBCD, por sus siglas en inglés (Dean)
¿Qué es el Estudio HBCD? El Estudio HBCD inscribirá a un conjunto grande de familias participantes de todos los Estados Unidos y hará un seguimiento a estas familias y a sus hijos durante la primera …
The Healthy Brain and Child Development – HBCD – Study (Dean)
What is the HBCD Study? The HBCD Study will enroll a large cohort of participating families from across the U.S. and follow them and their children through early childhood. The researchers want to better understand …
Binaural Hearing and Speech Lab (Litovsky)
Recruiting typically developing children 7-12 years of age who meet the following criteria: Native English speakers, normal hearing, no history of recurring ear infections, and pressure equalization (PE) tubes. To find out more visit the …
Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium – Down Syndrome: ABC-DS (Christian & Hartley)
The National Institutes of Health-funded Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium – Down Syndrome (ABC-DS), a large multi-center research initiative to find biomarkers to track Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome. The Waisman Center is part of this multi-site …
UW LINK Study (Li and Travers)
Children between 4-7 years old with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder are invited to participate in our new study about autism and ADHD. Families will be asked to visit the Waisman Center once per …
Waisman BioLibrary: Down Syndrome Study (Chang)
Be included! Families of children with Down syndrome are invited to participate in our new study about genetics and health. The Waisman BioLibrary is recruiting youth with Down syndrome ages 0 – 17 years. Families …
Pediatric Brain Care Study (Ferrazzano & Alexander)
The Pediatric Brain Care Study is recruiting typically developing children, 9-17 years old, with no history of head injury for a brain imaging research study. Those who participate will have a MRI brain scanning and …