Neurobiology of Language Recovery in Aphasia: Natural History and Treatment-Induced Recovery

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Conditions studied: Aphasia, Dysgraphia, Anomia, Agrammatism, Stroke

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of treatment for specific language deficits in people with aphasia. In addition to language and cognitive measures, changes in brain function will also be gathered before and after the treatment is administered in order to track any changes resulting from receiving treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01927302

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

90

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-27

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-01

Who can join

Age: 35 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aphasia following a stroke
• Stoke was at least 1 year ago
• Medically stable
• Right-handed
• Normal or 'corrected to normal' vision and hearing
• English as primary language
• At least a high school education

You may not qualify if…

• History of neurological disease, head trauma, psychiatric disorders, alcoholism, or developmental speech, language, or learning disabilities

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Boston University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Harvard University — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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