A Multisensory Music Intervention for Children With Reading Disorders (RitMoZ)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-15

Study Completion Date

2022-08-31

Brief Summary

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With this study, we wish to test how effective/ beneficial music activities can be for children with dyslexia.

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Detailed Description

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Studies have shown that music in the form of training (i.e., intervention) is able to facilitate linguistic processes (e.g., phonological encoding/decoding, categorical perception) and cognitive functions (e.g., working memory) in children that have dyslexia or reading difficulties. In addition to this, music trainings with a focus on entrainment can improve phonological as well as reading skills.

In line with the above, we have designed and developed a music training programme. This programme, which is called RitMoZ Training (i.e., from Ritmus és Mozgás és Zene: meaning Rhythm and Movement and Music in Hungarian language), is designed for (Hungarian) children who have dyslexia or reading difficulties.

In order to assess the efficacy of the music training, we are going to conduct a randomized controlled trial which consists of a pre-training phase, a training phase and a post-training phase.

Conditions

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Reading Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Music Training (RitMoZ Training)

12 sessions spread in the course of 1.5 months: each session has a duration of 90 minutes; each week will have 2 sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music Training (RitMoZ Training)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This training is inspired by intervention concepts followed in SUVAG Polyclinic in Zagreb, Croatia and Kodaly pedagogy in Hungary. RitMoZ Training programme consists of 6 main activities: matching activity, nursery rhymes, rhythmic stimulations, music shapes, music writing and music reading. The training focuses on the perceptual overlap between language and music, embodiment and entrainment. The aim of the training is to improve characteristic features of reading disorders such as phonological awareness, perception of rhythm, phonological working memory and perception of speech sounds.

Spelling Training

12 sessions spread in the course of 1.5 months: each session has a duration of 90 minutes; each week will have 2 sessions

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Spelling Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This training consists of activities which focus on practicing spelling words in a computer task; the aim is to train orthographic processing which is suggested to improve phonological awareness and phonological working memory.

Interventions

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Music Training (RitMoZ Training)

This training is inspired by intervention concepts followed in SUVAG Polyclinic in Zagreb, Croatia and Kodaly pedagogy in Hungary. RitMoZ Training programme consists of 6 main activities: matching activity, nursery rhymes, rhythmic stimulations, music shapes, music writing and music reading. The training focuses on the perceptual overlap between language and music, embodiment and entrainment. The aim of the training is to improve characteristic features of reading disorders such as phonological awareness, perception of rhythm, phonological working memory and perception of speech sounds.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Spelling Training

This training consists of activities which focus on practicing spelling words in a computer task; the aim is to train orthographic processing which is suggested to improve phonological awareness and phonological working memory.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* diagnosis of reading disorder
* Hungarian as native language

Exclusion Criteria

* comorbidities (e.g., Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD))
* sensory impairment (e.g., hearing loss, low vision)
* cognitive impairment (e.g., panic disorder, low IQ)

Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes