Listener Training for Improved Intelligibility of People With Parkinson's Disease

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dysarthria, Hypokinetic

In brief

Listener training offers a promising avenue for improving communication for people with dysarthria due to Parkinson's disease by offsetting the intelligibility burden from the patient onto their primary communication partners. Here, we employ a repeated-measures, randomized controlled trial to establish the efficacy of listener training for patients with PD and their primary communication partners. This translational work will establish a new realm of clinical practice in which the intelligibility impairments in PD are addressed by training partners to better understand dysarthric speech, thus elevating communication outcomes and participation in daily life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06815263

Run by

Utah State University

People needed

360

Starts

2025-04-07

Expected to finish

2029-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Primary language is English
• 18 years or older
• medical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (patient participants)
• speech diagnosis of hyperkinetic dysarthria, exhibiting hallmark characteristics (patient participants)

You may not qualify if…

• Severe cognitive impairment
• Less than 18 years of age
• Primary language other than English

Where it is running

• Florida State University — Tallahassee, Florida, United States (enrolling)
• Utah State University — Logan, Utah, United States (enrolling)

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