Clinical trials: Nonverbal Communication, open to volunteers
Healthy
The Effect of Exposure to Aversive Non-verbal Vocalizations on Pain Tolerance
Humans produce non-verbal vocalizations (shouting, growling, screaming), laughter, ...) in various contexts that are likely to perform biological functions. and important social issues.
- Trial name
- CRYPAIN (NCT04423874)
- Testing
- Cold pressor task (CPT), index NOL, Playback Experiments
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Healthy Adult
The FACIAL Study Pilot
Facial recognition is a non-invasive method for analysing facial characteristics and changes in facial expressions. There is evidence to suggest there may be a link between physiological health and facial expression patterns.
- Trial name
- NCT07011407
- Testing
- Maximal Exercise Test
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lancaster University
Teaching Behaviors, Sign Language Skills
Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
Strategic and interactive approaches driven by sociocultural, cognitive, and language theories have accumulated a large body of evidence documenting improvements in more complex oral and written language skills.
- Trial name
- SISI (NCT06667102)
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Newborn; Vitality, Premature Infants
Infant Crying, a Bioacoustic Prognostic Signal for Neurodevelopment
Crying is a vital communication signal for the baby. Product of a complex physiological process, it reflects not only the organization and functioning of the cortical central nervous system and the function of sympathetic and…
- Conditions
- Newborn; Vitality, Premature Infants, Infant Development
- Trial name
- BABYCRY_1000 (NCT06332521)
- Testing
- Acoustic signal analysis method
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Literacy, Communication, Nonverbal
Enhancing Orthographic Communication and Literacy Outcomes for AAC Learners
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether adding Integrated Decoding and Encoding instruction to the ALLSTAR literacy program improves reading outcomes for students with significant literacy and communication needs.
- Trial name
- NCT07384156
- Testing
- ALLSTAR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Cleft Palate Children
Effect of Infant Sign Training on Speech-language Development
Children born with a cleft lip and palate (CLP) are known to be at risk for speech-language disorders that impact academic and social emotional growth.
- Trial name
- NCT06143254
- Testing
- Infant sign training, Verbal training
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Preoperative Anxiety, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Humor-Based Video Intervention on Preoperative Anxiety Veya Humor Video and Recovery in Cholecystectomy
This study aims to evaluate whether watching a short humor-based video before surgery can reduce anxiety and negative emotions and increase positive emotions in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy…
- Trial name
- NCT07861438
- Testing
- Humor-Based Video Intervention, Routine Preoperative Care and Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability
Heart Rate Informed Changes in Care for Non-Communicating Patients
The overarching aim is to generate knowledge to reduce incidence of pain in non-verbal patients' everyday life. The trial will 1) evaluate how HR can be used to identify potentially painful care procedures that should be…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Communication, Nonverbal
- Trial name
- NCT05738278
- Testing
- HR-informed change in routine, Delayed HR-informed specific change in routine
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Small-incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery, Corneal Higher-order Wavefront Aberrations
Analysis of Influencing Factors of High-Order Aberrations of SMILE With Lenticule Retained
Analysis of Influencing Factors of High-Order Aberrations of SMILE with Lenticule Retained
- Conditions
- Small-incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery, Corneal Higher-order Wavefront Aberrations, Residual Lenticule
- Trial name
- NCT06806085
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
Laughter
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Primiparous Pregnant Women
Primiparous women constitute a special risk group who may experience higher levels of fear of childbirth and lower birth self-efficacy during pregnancy due to their lack of prior childbirth experience.
- Trial name
- NCT07360184
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bozok University
Hyperopia
5 Year Follow up of SMILE® Procedure for the Correction of Hyperopia
The planned study will investigate and evaluate refractive stability, predictability, and safety in patients who underwent SMILE® pro surgery for hyperopia with or without astigmatism at least five years ago.
- Trial name
- PHOBOS-5FU (NCT07133737)
- Where
- 2 sites in Czechia, Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Gemini Eye Clinic
Genetic Disease, Nonverbal Communication
Using a Speech-Generating Device to Support Communication in Rare Genetic Conditions
Individuals with rare genetic conditions may experience a delay or loss of developmental skills. Many have limited verbal speech.
- Conditions
- Genetic Disease, Nonverbal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Rare Genetic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07039084
- Testing
- Speech-generating device, Control
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Crying
Effects of Melatonin on Excessive Crying in Neonates. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
the goal of this clinical trial is to learn if melatonin could reduce the duration of excessive crying and infantile colic in neonates and if this drug can be an option to be used in treating such problem- infantile colic and…
- Trial name
- prospective (NCT07442162)
- Testing
- use of multivitamin, one group of neonates with excessive crying receive melatonin orally n=83
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Al-Hadba university
Cancer-related Pain, Pain Assessment
Developing a Multimodal Cancer Pain Database to Support AI-Based Automatic Pain Assessment
The goal of this observational study is to collect short video and sound recordings of people with cancer to create a secure database that can be used in future research to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for pain…
- Conditions
- Cancer-related Pain, Pain Assessment, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Oncology
- Trial name
- SENSAI-DBD (NCT07262632)
- Testing
- Audiovisual and questionnaire-based data collection (once), Audiovisual and questionnaire-based data collection (consecutive)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Mark Mulder
Language Disorders, Aphasia
Development and Validation of Language and Communication Assessment Scales
The aim of speech therapy for people with aphasia is to improve their ability to communicate in daily life. Traditional evaluations focus on linguistic tasks, but they do not fully address everyday communication skills, which are…
- Trial name
- SCALE_COM (NCT07518576)
- Testing
- conversational approach
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Smile, Smile Esthetics
Validation of the French Version of the SERQoL Questionnaire
This observational study aims to validate the French version of the Smile Esthetics-Related Quality of Life (SERQoL) questionnaire in adult patients recruited in two APH-HP dental departments.
- Trial name
- Periosmile1 (NCT07372105)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Colic, Healthy Infants
Preventive Effect of a Dietary Supplement With Two Probiotic Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Strains on Excessive Crying and Colic in Healthy Newborns.
This study aims to demonstrate that a dietary supplement, which contains two strains of the probiotic L. reuteri is safe, well tolerated and able to reduce the incidence of colic and excessive crying/fussiness in healthy infants.
- Conditions
- Colic, Healthy Infants, Eczema Atopic Dermatitis
- Trial name
- ProtectPrevent (NCT07347743)
- Testing
- Two probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri strains
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 768 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Harnessing Communication Preferences
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate how preference for communication approach (e.g., using a touch talker versus picture cards) impacts treatment maintenance in the context of treatment to reduce challenging behavior…
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Self-Injurious Behavior, Communication Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT07278544
- Testing
- PrefFCT, NonPrefFCT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Joel E. Ringdahl
Aphasia, Gestures
Effects of Gesture Plus Verbal Treatment (GVT) in Cantonese Speakers With Aphasia
This research aims to explore the relative efficacy of Verbal-only and GVT on naming difficulty in Cantonese-speaking people with aphasia (PWA).
- Trial name
- NCT07455162
- Testing
- Verbal treatment, Gesture plus verbal treatment
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong University
Eye Tracking, ICU
Eye-Tracking Interactive Agent in Non-verbal ICU Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether an eye-tracking interactive agent can ameliorate communication impairments and reduce the incidence of complications among non-verbal patients in the intensive care unit…
- Conditions
- Eye Tracking, ICU, Communication Barriers, Non-Verbal Communication
- Trial name
- NCT07429695
- Testing
- eye-tracking interactive agent, conventional techniques
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital