Virtual reality learning tool helps Special-Needs students navigate the digital world
NCT ID NCT07647926
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mixed reality app designed to help students aged 10-20 with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities learn digital skills like online safety and independence. The app adapts to each student's responses, providing visual cues and Arabic voice prompts. Researchers measured changes in digital quality of life using a 16-item observation scale. The study involved 44 participants from special education centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Adaptive Mixed Reality Learning Environment (AMRLE) - a behavioral intervention using 3D spatial computing with adaptive feedback and Arabic audio prompts
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could provide a new way to teach digital skills to students with intellectual disabilities, helping them become more independent online.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 44 participants in one city, so results may not apply to other groups. The intervention is behavioral and not a medical treatment, so it cannot cure or directly treat the disability.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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44 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Finished
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May 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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10 to 20 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Enrolled in certified special education centers or inclusive schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2. Chronological age between 10.0 and 20.0 years. 3. Official clinical diagnosis of mild-to-moderate intellectual disability based on DSM-5 criteria. 4. IQ score ranging between 50 and 69, measured via standardized Arabic versions of Stanford-Binet or WISC-V scales calibrated for the Saudi population. 5. Classified under the Saudi educational framework as "Educable Intellectual Disability," displaying basic functional communication and the ability to follow two-step verbal commands. 6. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing, with manual dexterity to interact with objects. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Co-occurring severe neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., profound Autism Spectrum Disorder with severe self-injurious or aggressive behavioral manifestations). 2. Documented medical history of photosensitive epilepsy or severe vestibulo-ocular reflex disorders triggered by digital or stereoscopic displays. 3. Total absence of functional verbal comprehension in Arabic.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Special Education Resource Rooms
Cairo, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
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