Clinical trials: Communication Disorders, open to volunteers
Stroke
Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a music-based telerehabilitation intervention implemented at home works to treat different kinds of neurological deficits caused by stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT06804304
- Testing
- Music-based telerehabilitation
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Teppo Sarkamo
Stuttering
Stuttering and Neuromodulation
The purpose of this study is to collect preliminary data on the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with traditional behavioral techniques to reduce stuttering severity and negative impact in…
- Trial name
- NCT07222163
- Testing
- Soterix Medical 1x1 tDCS system, Speech therapy sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Deprivation
Evaluating a Targeted Selective Speech, Language, and Communication Intervention at Scale - Protocol for the 'Happy Talk' Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
The overall aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate an at scale version of 'Happy Talk' in a large scale effectiveness study (examining inputs, outputs and outcomes) based on a sample of children from socially disadvantaged…
- Trial name
- HappyTalk (NCT06460090)
- Testing
- Happy Talk
- Where
- 4 sites in Ireland
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Health Communication
Patient-centered Precision Medicine Lab Result Communication for Older Adults
For adults ≥65 years and their providers, the investigators will test the usability and design of a tool to replace standard uniform reporting of lab results to patients and their providers with a new personalized Electronic…
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Health Communication, Patient Comprehension
- Trial name
- NCT07391904
- Testing
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Lab Result Communication Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Developmental Language Disorder
MOLECULAR BASIS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) refers to children who present with language difficulties that are not due to a known biomedical condition or associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability.
- Trial name
- TSLO (NCT06660108)
- Testing
- blood draw
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Speech Sound Disorder
AI-Assisted Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorders
The goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to determine how artificial intelligence-assisted home practice may enhance speech learning of the "r" sound in school-age children with residual speech sound disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT05988515
- Testing
- Speech-Language Pathologist-led Speech Motor Chaining, Artificial Intelligence-led Speech Motor Chaining (CHAINING-AI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Syracuse University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
pBFS Guided rTMS Over Cognitive Control Network for ASD
The aim of this trial is to assess the efficacy and safety of precision neuromodulation for alleviating core symptoms in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who also have intellectual or developmental delay.
- Trial name
- NCT06255535
- Testing
- active iTBS treatment
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- Changping Laboratory
Dyslexia
Evaluation of Speech Rhythm Training in Dyslexic Readers Aged 7 to 9 Years
Studies of dyslexia have shown altered oscillatory activity in the low gamma band (~25-35 Hz) in the left auditory cortex. Neural oscillations around 30 Hz constitute the basic sampling rate of speech, from which the ability to…
- Trial name
- RnDys (NCT05996497)
- Testing
- behavioral measures, Electrophysiological measures, Training 1
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Expressive Aphasia, Aphasia Following Cerebral Infarction
BrainGate2: Feasibility Study of an Intracortical Neural Interface System for Persons With Aphasia
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary device safety information and demonstrate proof of principle (feasibility) of the ability of people with aphasia to generate text on a computer screen and audible…
- Conditions
- Expressive Aphasia, Aphasia Following Cerebral Infarction, Aphasia Following Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Aphasia Non Fluent
- Trial name
- BG2-Aphasia (NCT07791459)
- Testing
- BrainGate Neural Interface System
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD.
Aphasia
LEXURE for Post-Stroke Aphasia
This study evaluates the efficacy of digital language rehabilitation using LEXURE for the treatment of post-stroke aphasia. Half of participants will receive structured language training using the LEXURE application, while the…
- Trial name
- NCT07570264
- Testing
- LEXURE, Workbook
- Where
- 12 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nunaps Inc
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milieu Teaching-AV: Adaptation of Milieu Teaching That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Susceptibility to, 6
- Trial name
- MilieuTeach-AV (NCT07494513)
- Testing
- Milieu Teaching-AV, Milieu Teaching-NoAV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Characterization of (A)Typical Sensorimotor Pathways in Individuals With Autism
The goal of this interventional study is to understand whether sensorimotor skills could represent an endophenotype for autism, i.e.
- Trial name
- MovAUT (NCT07389720)
- Testing
- clinical assessment, Neuropsychological examination, Neurophysiological evaluation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Cognitive Neurodegenerative, Stroke
The Links Between Executive and Linguistic Processes and Their Lesional Determinants From a Verbal Fluency Task
Verbal fluency test require to produce as much words as possible in one or two minutes. This test is highly sensitive to main brain diseases and are therefore widely used in clinical routine for diagnostic purpose.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Neurodegenerative, Stroke, Verbal Fluency Disorders
- Trial name
- FluLEx (NCT05875103)
- Testing
- linguistic processes
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 302 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Post-stroke Aphasia
Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Post-Stroke Aphasia
The aim of the trial is to determine whether 75Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) synchronized with therapeutic linguistic tasks is an effective form of therapy for post-stroke aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT05194566
- Testing
- tACS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- QVITI S.A.
Development, Infant, Development, Language
Early Neurophysiological Markers of Language Impairments
The present project aims at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for language impairments. The long-term goals of the study include the characterization of learning developmental trajectories in children at…
- Conditions
- Development, Infant, Development, Language, Developmental Language Disorder, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT05767242
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Prematurity, Extreme Prematurity
Early Intervention Based on Neonatal Crawling in Very Premature Infants at Risk For Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Extreme prematurity is constantly increasing according to the World Health Organization. However, methods to train premature infants at risk of disability is sorely lacking. The goal of this project is to overcome this problem.
- Conditions
- Prematurity, Extreme Prematurity, Infant Development, Brain Damage
- Trial name
- Premalocom2 (NCT06027645)
- Testing
- Crawling stimulation with a mini-skateboard (i.e. the crawliskate)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Marianne Barbu-Roth
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Stimulating the Aging Brain Using Brain and Sensory Stimulation
The goal of this project is to investigate whether transcranial electrical stimulation and sensory stimulation affect language outcomes in individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA).
- Trial name
- StAB (NCT07650188)
- Testing
- tACS or multisensory stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Stress
Impact of Serial Bedside Video Calls on Stress Level in Parents of Infants Admitted to NICU
The goal of this randomized prospective interventional study is to determine if serial bedside video calls w/audio feature to NICU parents in addition to the routine phone and/or bedside updates can reduce parental stress level.
- Trial name
- NCT06252883
- Testing
- Serial bedside video call communication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Cook County Health
Stuttering
Development and Pilot Testing of Virtually Simulated Intervention for Patients Having Stuttering
This study aims to develop and pilot test a culturally appropriate virtual reality (VR)-based speech restructuring intervention for individuals with stuttering in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT07833969
- Testing
- Virtually Simulated Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Locked in Syndrome, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Evaluation of the Feasibility and Efficacy of a Chronic Brain-computer Interface for Speech Rehabilitation in Patients With Locked-in-syndrome (LIS)
Eighteen million people worldwide are affected by speech disorders. Locked-in syndrome (LIS) represents the most extreme form of communication disability resulting from motor impairment.
- Trial name
- SpeechBCI (NCT07698496)
- Testing
- Chronic speech BCI
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble