Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Service Workers' Comprehension of People With Aphasia
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Conditions studied: Aphasia
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether healthy volunteers are more successful at understanding people with aphasia if they have first viewed an aphasia identification (ID) card. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of the language errors made by people with aphasia? * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of people with aphasia who make long pauses in their speech? Researchers will compare aphasia ID cards to a control condition (no ID card) to see whether aphasia ID cards improve healthy volunteers' understanding. Healthy volunteers will visit the study site for a single session (about 2 hours long). During the session they will: * Complete brief tests of their vision, hearing and thinking * Listen to sentences produced by a speaker with aphasia while their eye movements are recorded * Complete a survey about the experience of listening to the speaker with aphasia
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06990997
- Run by
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- People needed
- 160
- Starts
- 2025-09-22
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 59. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adult age 18-59
- Currently employed as a service worker
- Understand spoken and written English well
- High school diploma or equivalency
- Normal vision or corrected vision with glasses or contact lenses
You may not qualify if…
- Language disorder
- Hearing impairment
- Intellectual disability
- History of acquired neurological disorder (e.g., stroke or moderate/severe brain injury)
Where it is running
- UMass Amherst Henry M. Thomas III Center at Springfield — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
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