Aphasia Rehabilitation: Modulating Cues, Feedback & Practice

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aphasia, Stroke

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how changing different conditions of the speech-language treatment (such as cues, feedback, complexity and practice schedule) affects the language outcome of study subjects with aphasia (i.e., difficulty with the comprehension and expression of spoken and written language) following a stroke.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01597037

Run by

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

People needed

16

Starts

2011-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A single unilateral left-hemisphere stroke
• Aphasia Quotient between 40 and 80 on the Western Aphasia Battery
• Age 21 or older
• At least 6 months post-stroke
• Able to comply with the study protocol
• Premorbidly right-handed, as determined by the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
• Fluent in English premorbidly
• Completed at least 8th grade education

You may not qualify if…

• More than one stroke
• Any other neurological condition that could potentially affect cognition, speech or language.
• Global aphasia or inability to participate in routine speech therapy
• Major active psychiatric illness that may interfere with required study procedures
• Untreated or inadequately treated depression
• Current abuse of alcohol or drugs
• Unable to understand, cooperate or comply with study procedures
• Significant visual or auditory impairment

Where it is running

• Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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