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Specifying the Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder

Award Number: R01DC011742
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Primary developmental language impairment (LI) affects over 3 million children in the U.S., many of whom are disadvantaged socially and academically by small and shallow vocabularies. Currently, little is known about how the word learning processes of people with LI changes over development. This critical gap in the knowledge base prevents the design of vocabulary interventions that are developmentally appropriate. The design of such interventions is the long-term goal. The current objective is to discover how the word learning of children with LI changes over developmental time. The central hypothesis is that the challenge of word learning at different ages varies with the word-learning situation, the component of the word to be learned, and the development of underlying cognitive mechanisms. The project designed to test this hypothesis compares children with LI to age-mates with normal language development as they learn and retain new words over the course of one week during each of four years beginning at age six. This approach is innovative because it departs from the status quo by examining learning longitudinally. The project involves two specific aims: 1) to establish a developmental trajectory of word learning associated with LI that determines a) how learning and development vary with the learning situation and b) how learning and development vary with the component of the word to be learned; and 2) to specify the cognitive mechanisms underlying this developmental trajectory. The expected contribution is a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the word learning challenges associated with LI and how these challenges change during a crucial period, the first years of formal schooling. This contribution is significant because it is expected to advance and expand understanding of the dynamic interaction between word learning and cognitive development. Vocabulary interventions are not currently tailored to focus on the most critical aspects of the problem at the given developmental level of the client with LI because of ignorance about what is critical and when. By addressing this issue, this project will offer new possibilities for tailoring preventive and therapeutic interventions in light of the child's developmental needs.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $604,476 )
2024	2024	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	14100 CRAWFORD ST	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	11	6/25/2024	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$604,476
2024	2021	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	14100 CRAWFORD ST	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	1/17/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $604,476

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $475,771 )
2021	2021	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	13603 FLANAGAN BLVD	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	6/23/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$475,771
														Subtotal = $475,771

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $441,767 )
2020	2020	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	13603 FLANAGAN BLVD	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	9	6/16/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$441,767
														Subtotal = $441,767

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $482,969 )
2019	2019	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	13603 FLANAGAN BLVD	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	8	6/25/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$482,969
														Subtotal = $482,969

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $488,634 )
2018	2018	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME	13603 FLANAGAN BLVD	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	7	6/21/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$488,634
														Subtotal = $488,634

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $501,858 )
2017	2017	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC	14100 CRAWFORD ST	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	003	6	8/3/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,723
2017	2017	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOY'S HOME INC	14100 CRAWFORD ST	BOYS TOWN	NE	68010	DOUGLAS	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	6	6/21/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$501,858
2017	2016	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	5	6/21/2017	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2017	2016	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE	105 JESSUP HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	5	8/3/2017	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$2,723
														Subtotal = $501,858

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $400,538 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	5	12/22/2015	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$360,483
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	5	1/22/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$40,055
														Subtotal = $400,538

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $399,074 )
2015	2015	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	4	1/13/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$36,280
2015	2015	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	4	12/19/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$362,794
														Subtotal = $399,074

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $404,389 )
2014	2014	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	3	2/10/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$40,440
2014	2014	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	12/13/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$363,949
														Subtotal = $404,389

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $382,653 )
2013	2013	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	2	5/16/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$22,169
2013	2013	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	2	12/21/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$360,484
														Subtotal = $382,653

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $406,956 )
2012	2012	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	2 GILMORE HALL	IOWA CITY	IA	52242	JOHNSON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	1	1/20/2012	NEW	$406,956
														Subtotal = $406,956

Grand Total All Awards = $4,989,085

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Specifying the Short-term Verbal Memory Endophenotype for Developmental Language Disorder

Award Number: R01DC011742

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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