Clinical trials: Language Impairment, open to volunteers
Developmental Language Disorder
Training Caregivers to Teach Vocabulary to Children With Language Impairment
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Spanish-speaking caregivers can learn to teach science vocabulary to their children with the use and educational app and a short training video with target words.
- Trial name
- DLD (NCT07519629)
- Testing
- Robust vocabulary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Developmental Language Disorder
Computer-Assisted Vocabulary Intervention for Spanish-English Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder
This study will examine whether computer-assisted vocabulary instruction in Spanish and English helps young bilingual children with developmental language disorder learn and use vocabulary.
- Trial name
- CABVI (NCT07915115)
- Testing
- Bilingual computer-assisted vocabulary intervention (CABVI), English-only computer-assisted vocabulary intervention (CABVI), Usual English-language school services
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Christian University
Aphasia, Stroke
Can Listening to Music Improve Attention and Language After Post-Stroke Aphasia?
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a music-based intervention can acutely improve three types of attention (alerting, orientating, executive control) in people with aphasia following a stroke.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Stroke, Stroke and Aphasia, Stroke Hemorrhagic
- Trial name
- NCT07198048
- Testing
- Music-Based Therapy for Post Stroke Aphasia, Audiobook Intervention for Post Stroke Aphasia
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
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
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
Multi-modal Large Language Model-Empowered Talk Therapy for Older Adults With ADRD
The purpose of this study is to test the usefulness and the effect of Smart Virtual Reminiscence (SVR) therapy intervention on the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) of patients with Alzheimer's Disease and…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, BPSD, BPSD (Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia)
- Trial name
- SVR (NCT07499570)
- Testing
- Smart Virtual Reminiscence Therapy, Music Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
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.
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
Dyslexia
Reading and Stuttering
Dyslexia is a common neurodevelopmental condition, which manifests itself in the form of reading difficulties and occurs in 7-10% of the population (Peterson \& Pennington, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT06836115
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wafaa Helmy Abdelhakeem
Stroke, Aphasia
Exploration of Repeated High-frequency Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Acute Phase Aphasia in Post-stroke Patients
Stroke is currently an important cause of death and disability among adults worldwide, with acute ischemic stroke being the most common type of stroke, accounting for 69.6% -72.8% of new strokes in China.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Control Patients
- Trial name
- NCT06787508
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Epilepsy, Anomia
Intensive Preoperative Speech Rehabilitation in Drug-Resistant Temporal Epilepsy
Out of 30,000 new cases per year in France, 30% of epileptic patients are drug-resistant. Neurosurgery, which consists in resecting the epileptogenic zone, is the only chance of cure.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Anomia, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Trial name
- REPREO (NCT05609084)
- Testing
- Speech therapy, Speech therapy assessment
- Where
- 12 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Parkinson Disease, Atypical Parkinsonism
Speech Amplification Devices for Parkinson Disease: Talker- and Technology-Driven Enhancements
The proposed research aims to investigate the use of speech amplification devices as a potential treatment option for people with Parkinson's disease and related disorders who exhibit hypophonia, a voice disorder that affects…
- Trial name
- NCT07599696
- Testing
- Behavioral speech strategies + speech amplification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia
Primary Progressive Aphasia Multicomponent Language Treatment Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a speech-language telerehabilitation helps improve communication in people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a form of dementia that affects speech and language.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia, Semantic Memory Disorder, Logopenic Progressive Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT06649084
- Testing
- Multicomponent Lexical Retrieval Training (Multi-LRT), Multicomponent Video Implemented Script Training in Aphasia (Multi-VISTA), Multicomponent Communication Partner Training (Multi-CPT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Aphasia Non Fluent, Stroke
Sensory-Motor Integration for Speech Rehabilitation in Patients With Post-stroke Aphasia
SEMO is a multidisciplinary project (language sciences, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, speech-language pathology, functional neuroimaging and engineering sciences) that…
- Trial name
- SEMO (NCT04433351)
- Testing
- Enriched rehabilitation, Simple rehabilitation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Head and Neck Cancer
Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in Head & Neck Cancer Patients, Pilot Study
Some head and neck cancer survivors develop velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD), a problem with closure between the soft palate and throat that can cause nasal-sounding speech, food or liquid leaking into the nose, difficulty…
- Conditions
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Head and Neck Cancer, Survivorship, Dysphagia
- Trial name
- NCT07264036
- Testing
- Pharyngeal Wall Augmentation Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Vanessa Torrecillas
Aphasia, Broca's Aphasia
Superiority Trial of Aphasia-focused Rehabilitation With tDCS Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to help us understand if adding transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, to Speech Therapy improves language recovery in people with Broca's aphasia…
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT07688551)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Essential Tremor
Investigating Subcortical Contributions to Speech Sequencing in Deep Brain Stimulator Recipients
This study will examine how two important brain circuits - one involving the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and one involving the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM) - contribute to learning and producing speech…
- Trial name
- NCT07455760
- Testing
- Phoneme sequence learning, Cessation and re-enabling of stimulation of the STN, Cessation and re-enabling of stimulation of the VIM thalamic nucleus
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Developmental Language Disorder
Contextual Word Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder
Many children have developmental language disorder, which makes it difficulty to learn language, including vocabulary, and results in ongoing academic and social difficulties.
- Trial name
- NCT05988190
- Testing
- Contextual Word Learning Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Binghamton University
Stroke, Aphasia
Study of the Participation of People With Aphasia Post Stroke and Their Caregivers in Valladolid Region (Spain)
The objective of this study is to determine the level of community participation of people with post-stroke aphasia and their caregivers, as well as the factors that facilitate or interfere with this participation in the…
- Trial name
- SPART-A (NCT06948721)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Centro Integral de Rehabilitación
Aphasia, Stroke
Producing Increasingly Complex Themes Using Right-hemisphere Engagement (PICTURE) Implemented With Telemedicine
The investigators propose a pilot crossover trial of 2 behavioral language treatments, with randomized order of treatments and blinded assessors, to determine if a therapy designed to stimulate right hemisphere functions…
- Trial name
- PICTURE-IT (NCT05845047)
- Testing
- PICTURE-IT, CoDeLT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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