Clinical trials: Dysarthria
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Remote Speech and Swallowing Assessment in ALS
The investigators propose a longitudinal home study of ALS patients to measure the severity of speech and swallowing (bulbar) impairment via a smartphone-based, remote speech and swallow assessment (rSSA).
- Trial name
- NCT04889898
- Testing
- Digital recording of speech and swallow sounds using the Beiwe Digital Health App on a personal smartphone, Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS), Speech Intelligibility Test (SIT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Dysarthria, Intelligibility, Speech
Perceptual Training to Improve Listeners' Ability to Understand Speech Produced by Individuals With Dysarthria
There exist very few effective treatments that ease the intelligibility burden of dysarthria. Perceptual training offers a promising avenue for improving intelligibility of dysarthric speech by offsetting the communicative burden…
- Trial name
- NCT04897711
- Testing
- Perceptual Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Utah State University
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Dysarthria
Application of Ideal Binary Masking to Disordered Speech
Dysarthria and hearing loss are communication disorders that can substantially reduce intelligibility of speech and the addition of background noise adds a further challenge.
- Trial name
- NCT05244603
- Testing
- Ideal binary mask
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 435 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Utah State University
Cerebellar Ataxia, Dysarthria
The Role of Cerebellum in Speech
This study will investigate the how the cerebellum is involved in speech motor learning over time and short-term corrections in patients with cerebellar ataxia and healthy controls.
- Conditions
- Cerebellar Ataxia, Dysarthria, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT03972202
- Testing
- MRI, TMS, Speech-motor behavioral testing
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Parkinson's Disease
Study of Dysarthria, Swallowing Disorders and Respiratory in Parkinson's Disease
The investigators prospectively enrolled 64 early PD patients (less than 3 years after the first symptom) in order to prospectively assess the natural history of non-dopaminergic symptoms.
- Trial name
- ProdDiGYPark (NCT02627664)
- Testing
- observational study
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Parkinson Disease
Intelligibility Assessment for Parkinson's Disease
The investigators aim at testing the efficacy of an app to measure sentence intelligibility in noise in speakers with Parkinson's disease and in healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT04829006
- Testing
- Understand Me For Life
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Long Island University
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia
Cognitive Reserve and Response to Speech-Language Intervention in Bilingual Speakers With Primary Progressive Aphasia
Difficulties with speech and language are the first and most notable symptoms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). While there is evidence that demonstrates positive effects of speech-language treatment for individuals with PPA…
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Dementia, Frontotemporal, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05741853
- Testing
- Video-Implemented Script Training for Aphasia (VISTA), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephanie Grasso
Dysarthria As Late Effect of Stroke
Group Intervention Study for Individuals with Dysarthria Following Stroke and Their Carers in Pakistan
Dysarthria is a common problem in Pakistan. therefore the current study aims to translate the dysarthria communication tools into urdu language for better understanding the population and the problem
- Trial name
- NCT04427670
- Testing
- Group intervention, Regular speech therapy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Isra University
Communication Disorder, Healthy
Central Mechanisms in Speech Motor Control Studied With H215O PET
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a technique used to investigate the functional activity of the brain. The PET technique allows doctors to study the normal biochemical and metabolic processes of the central nervous system of…
- Conditions
- Communication Disorder, Healthy, Stuttering, Tourette Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00001308
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Myasthenia Gravis, Fatigue
Capturing Key MG-symptoms Using Smartphone Recordings.
This study will make use of a cross-sectional design of MG patients and non-MG participants to quantitatively assess key MG symptoms, and to explore the applicability of machine learning algorithms to their measurement.
- Trial name
- CAPTURE - MG (NCT06743490)
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Dysarthria
Application of Vibration Wave Therapy to the Children Suffering From Cerebral Palsy and Tongue Spastic Dysarthria
Vibration therapy is the widely used in many neurological disorders for different type of problems. Recently, it is being used by researchers for the betterment of motor disorders and muscle movements of the cerebral palsy…
- Trial name
- NCT04222049
- Testing
- Vibro Tactile Gadget
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
Parkinson's Disease
Evaluation of Intensive Language Therapy
Due to Parkinson's Disease (PD) speech and language (SL) deficits may occur. Further, the literature reports that PD patients, who have not undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS), have deficits regarding voice quality (e.g.
- Trial name
- EILT (NCT02935842)
- Testing
- Specific SL-therapy, Rhythmic Balance-Movement Training (rBMT)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Dystonia, Primary, Dysarthria
Study of Speech Disorders , Voice and Swallowing in Primary Dystonia Oromandibular
To better define the clinical characteristics of oromandibular dystonia, we aimed to study voice, speech and swallowing disorders in idiopathic oromandibular We planned to include consecutive patients followed in Lille Movement…
- Conditions
- Dystonia, Primary, Dysarthria, Dysphonia, Dysphagia
- Trial name
- DOM (NCT03380676)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Stroke, Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Laryngeal Adaptation for Speech and Swallowing
This study will test laryngeal adaptation in speech and swallowing function in healthy adults, in patients with cerebral stroke, and in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Cerebral Stroke, Dysphagia
- Trial name
- NCT03770377
- Testing
- Intermittent Perturbation to Continuous Perturbation, Continuous Perturbation to Intermittent Perturbation
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria
Dysarthria in Parkinson's Disease: Lusophony vs. Francophony Comparison
Parkinson's disease (PD) affects between 1% and 2% of the world's population aged 60 and older; in Europe the prevalence is around 150 PD patients per 100,000 individuals.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria, Speech, Cross-language
- Trial name
- FraLusoPark (NCT02753192)
- Testing
- Patients
- Where
- 3 sites in France, Portugal
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Parkinson Disease, Ataxia
Rhythmic Entrainment in Bilingual Speakers With Dysarthria
The objectives of this study are to determine i) the effect of rhythmic entrainment of speech with hand gestures and auditory rhythmic cues on intelligibility and speech naturalness in Spanish-accented speakers of English in two…
- Trial name
- NCT03645265
- Testing
- Auditory, Gestures
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
Parkinson Disease, Multiple System Atrophy
Differential Diagnosis Between Parkinson's Disease and Multiple System Atrophy Using Digital Speech Analysis - Part 2
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a relentlessly progressing rare neurodegenerative disease of unknown etiology.
- Trial name
- Voice4PD-MSA (NCT05807373)
- Testing
- voice recordings
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Parkinson Disease, Dysarthria, Hypokinetic
A Multidimensional Study on Articulation Deficits in Parkinsons Disease
Articulatory deficits are present in most speakers with dysarthria, which negatively impacts their speech intelligibility, yet little is known about the relationship between articulatory movement and speech intelligibility.
- Trial name
- NCT05754086
- Testing
- Clear Speech, Less Clear Speech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Parkinson Disease
Study of Dysarthria, and the Appearance of Non-dopaminergic Signs in Idiopathic PARKinson's Disease
Pilot study: Longitudinal follow up of the PRODY-GI cohort for parkinson's disease (PD) Observational study of upper and lower axial symptoms' occurence in 30 PD patients in on and off drug conditions, 30 aged matched control…
- Trial name
- Prodygi-II (NCT03517059)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Parkinson's Disease, Dysphagia
Efficacy of Voice Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of the research study is to determine the effects of two different kinds of speech treatment on certain behaviors in individuals with parkinson's disease.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Dysphagia, Dysarthria
- Trial name
- NCT00123084
- Testing
- Voice/Respiration Treatment, Speech/Articulation Treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder