Narrative Comprehension by People With Acquired Brain Injury
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury
In brief
The purpose of this two phase study is to evaluate comprehension by people with acquired brain injury. The phase 1 portion of the study will examine comprehension of narrative paragraphs under 3 conditions: (a) written text only, (b) auditory output only (i.e., synthetic speech - David voice) or combined written text and auditory output. The phase 2 portion of the study is to evaluate comprehension of sentences and paragraphs produced with computer generated (synthesized) speech and digitized natural speech after multiple exposures.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03309930
- Run by
- Miami University
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2017-10-06
- Expected to finish
- 2018-10-06
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-10-16
Who can join
Age: 19 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- have a clinical diagnosis of an acquired cognitive-communication impairment secondary to brain injury/stroke
- be 19-85 years of age
- be a least, 3 months post acquired brain injury
- primarily be a speaker of American English
You may not qualify if…
- exhibit the presence of a hearing impairment (i.e., prescribed hearing aid or failed hearing screening)
- demonstrate a vision or motor impairment that negatively influences study completion
- Study 2: have not access to wireless internet
- Study 2: exhibit and inability to independently (or with caregiver support) use the iPad device to complete the experimental tasks.
Where it is running
- Miami University — Oxford, Ohio, United States (enrolling)
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