Clinical trials: Language Impairment, open to volunteers
Aphasia
Neural Bases of Vocal Sensorimotor Impairment in Aphasia
Aphasia is the most common type of post-stroke communication disorder characterized by deficits in speech comprehension, production and control.
- Trial name
- NCT04742894
- Testing
- Visual Feedback Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders
Rural Autistic Individuals - Supporting Expression
This research study investigates how hand gestures can support language comprehension and communication skills of hearing speaking, non-speaking, and/or minimally verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are…
- Conditions
- Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders, ADHD, Typical Development
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT07054866)
- Testing
- Speech-Gesture combinations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Language and Speech in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia
This is a monocenter randomized controlled clinical trial with cross-over arm - assessor blinded. The aims is investigating the effects of the speech language therapy (SLT) alone vs SLT + non-invasive brain stimulation (STIM)…
- Trial name
- NCT06921265
- Testing
- Training with Speech Language Therapy, Standard rTMS, Targeted rTMS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Targeting Language-specific and Executive-control Networks With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Logopenic Variant PPA
AD afflicts over 5.5. million Americans and is one of the most expensive diseases worldwide. In AD the variant in which language functions are most affected are referred to as 'logopenic variant Primary Progressive Aphasia'…
- Trial name
- NCT03887481
- Testing
- High-definition active tDCS (HD-tDCS) + "Repeat After Me" (RAM) Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering
Network Connectivity and Temporal Processing in Adolescents Who Stutter
The specific purpose of this clinical trial is to compare performance on rhythm perception and production tasks between children who stutter and children who do not stutter.
- Trial name
- NCT05286151
- Testing
- Rhythm discrimination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Aphasia
Based on the Spatio-temporal Coding Characteristics of Frontotemporal Network, This Paper Explores the Mechanism of Five-tone Speech Training in Reshaping Language Fluency Function.
To explore the mechanism of five-tone speech training in reshaping language fluency function and the clinical efficacy of aphasia language function, daily communication ability and communication efficiency based on the temporal…
- Trial name
- NCT07329751
- Testing
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Five-Tone Therapy, Melodic Intonation Training, Standard speech therapy; Routine medical treatment; Health education
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Preterm Birth, Developmental Dyslexia
Reading-FREE Markers for Early Detection of Developmental Dyslexia
This study aims to identify early signs of developmental dyslexia (DD) and other reading difficulties in children born preterm, using behavioral, cognitive, and brain imaging data collected before reading problems typically…
- Trial name
- FREE-DD (NCT07072104)
- Testing
- Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 2, MRI - Grade 2, Multidomain Neuropsychological and Reading-Free Screening Tool (RSFT) Assessment Battery - Grade 3
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading
Enhancing Letter-Speech Sound Learning and Reading Network Activation With Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
This study investigates the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on the brain and its potential to enhance reading-related learning.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading, Dyslexia, Learning
- Trial name
- LexiStim (NCT07546292)
- Testing
- Transcranial random noise stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Brem
Developmental Language Disorder, Language Impairment
The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use.
- Trial name
- NCT06085300
- Testing
- Sentence recast
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Schizophrenia Disorders, Psychosis
Magnetoencephalography in Psychosis Program
This research involves the examination of speech, thinking patterns and symptoms and recordings from brain's activity in patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- MEGPSY (NCT06978881)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Participants Must be Women Aged 25 Years or Older, Participants Should Have no Self-reported History of Heart Disease or Stroke
RCT of HeartBot in Women
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether an app-based program called HeartBot II, which uses an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, can help improve women's awareness and knowledge of heart attacks in women.
- Conditions
- Participants Must be Women Aged 25 Years or Older, Participants Should Have no Self-reported History of Heart Disease or Stroke, Participants Should Have no Terminal Illness or Diagnosed Cognitive Impairment, Including Alzheimer's Disease, Participants Should Not be a Healthcare Professionals or Healthcare Trainees
- Trial name
- HeartBot II (NCT07416734)
- Testing
- HeartBot II Program, Waitlist Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Developmental Language Disorder
Exercise Training in Children With Communication Impairments
This clinical trial study has two goals. The first goal is to establish fitness levels, participation in physical activities, and fine/gross motor abilities for children with development language disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- NCT06340893
- Testing
- Exercise, Restful Play
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
Healthy Subjects, Stuttering, Developmental
Auditory Prediction and Error Evaluation in the Speech of Individuals Who Stutter
Stuttering negatively impacts communication and reduces the overall quality of life and well-being of individuals who stutter. This study will provide a strong foundation for developing neural and behavioral interventions for…
- Trial name
- NCT06181149
- Testing
- Delaying speech initiation, Auditory errors and pre-speech auditory modulation, Contributions of the speech premotor cortex to pre-speech auditory modulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
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
Language Development, Language Development Disorders
Cortical Tracking of Speech in the First Year of Life
The goal of this observational study is to investigate early neural mechanisms underlying the processing of spoken language, specifically the phenomenon of cortical tracking, and to determine whether these mechanisms can serve as…
- Conditions
- Language Development, Language Development Disorders, Infant Development, Infant Developmental Assessment
- Trial name
- NCT07531706
- Testing
- Electrophysiological recording, Behavioral Assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Language Development, Language Development Disorders
Efficacy of an Early Rhythmic Intervention in Infancy
The present project develops from a wide research line aiming at identifying very early electrophysiological risk markers for neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Conditions
- Language Development, Language Development Disorders, Infant Development, Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT04755309
- Testing
- Rhythmic intervention, Passive auditory stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 Study
The Swedish BioFINDER 2 study is a new study that will launch in 2017 and extends the previous cohorts of BioFINDER 1 study (www.biofinder.se). BioFINDER 1 is used e.g.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- BioFINDER2 (NCT03174938)
- Testing
- Flutemetamol F18 Injection, [18F]-RO6958948, Elecsys (Roche) Abeta42, Ttau and Ptau
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skane University Hospital
Developmental Language Disorder
Sentence Prediction in Developmental Language Disorder
Millions of children - 7-12% of the school-age population - have developmental language disorder (DLD), a disorder that affects language learning, comprehension, and use.
- Trial name
- NCT07510854
- Testing
- Thematic role, Sentence complexity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Developmental Language Disorder, Adults Without Language Disorder
Category Learning Retention in Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder
Approximately 7% of the population experiences developmental language disorder (DLD), a language disorder with unclear causes. DLD affects communication beyond adolescence and poses challenges for education and career advancement…
- Trial name
- Time2Learn (NCT05901493)
- Testing
- Perceptual category training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Aphasia, Acquired, Stroke
Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Sentence Production Impairment in Aphasia
The proposed research is relevant to public health because stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability among older adults and communication impairments resulting from stroke have a significant negative impact on quality of…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Acquired, Stroke, Healthy Aging
- Trial name
- sentence (NCT06405594)
- Testing
- Language Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park