Clinical trials: Speech
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome Speech Intelligibility Diagnostic Treatment Study
The 'Down syndrome speech intelligibility diagnostic treatment study' is a pilot clinical intervention study assessing the efficacy of an integrative speech treatment approach for individuals with Down syndrome (DS).
- Trial name
- NCT04059354
- Testing
- Speech therapy addressing phonology and motor learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vocabulary Acquisition
Talk STEM Familia: Dual-Language (TSFII)
The study will evaluate Talk STEM Familia (TSF) effects on student and parent scientific academic vocabulary knowledge and usage, scientific academic vocabulary (SAV) learning behaviors, academic self efficacy, and satisfaction…
- Trial name
- TSFII (NCT04896229)
- Testing
- Talk STEM Familia Treatment Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (Stuttering)
Effects of Ecopipam or Placebo in Adults With Stuttering (Speak Freely)
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, Phase 2 exploratory study in adult subjects with childhood onset fluency disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT04492956
- Testing
- Ecopipam
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Emalex Biosciences Inc.
Speech Sound Disorders
New Therapeutical Perspectives in Cases of Phonological Disorders
The aim of this study is to verify phonological and auditory aspects of children submitted to traditional phonological therapy, phonological therapy using a software and placebo therapy in children with phonological disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02935062
- Testing
- Traditional Phonological Therapy, Software Phonological Therapy- SIFALA
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Aphasia
Effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on Lexical Retrieval in Aphasia
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on the ability to produce sentences and connected speech in persons with aphasia.
- Trial name
- VNeST (NCT01300624)
- Testing
- Verb Network Strengthening Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Primary Progressive Aphasia
HDtDCS in Logopenic Variant PPA: Effects on Language and Neural Mechanisms
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a therapy called High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) for the treatment of the language deficits experienced by people with a type of Primary…
- Trial name
- NCT03805659
- Testing
- HD-tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Spectral Dynamics and Speech Understanding by Hearing Impaired People
The purpose of this program of research is to understand the perception of the dynamic spectral properties of speech by hearing-impaired listeners, with the long-term goal of improving speech understanding by these individuals in…
- Trial name
- NCT01867515
- Testing
- Acoustic distortion of speech
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aphasia
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Intensive Therapy in Aphasia
Intensive therapy for aphasia has been demonstrated to improve language functioning after stroke or other neurological injury. However, recovery is generally not complete and new therapies are needed to improve outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT03510182
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Parenting Practices, Self Efficacy
Evaluation Study of Talk Parenting Skills
After development of the prototype Bedtime Routine module of the Talk Parenting program, the investigators will evaluate its feasibility and initial efficacy in a within-subjects pre-post design study.
- Conditions
- Parenting Practices, Self Efficacy, Stress, Child Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04633434
- Testing
- The Talk Parenting Skill for Alexa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Larynx Neoplasm, Laryngectomy; Status
Validation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of Croatian SECEL Questionnaire
Self-Evaluation of Communication Experiences after Laryngectomy (SECEL) questionnaire has been developed, with the aim of evaluating rehabilitation needs and the psychosocial care for patients with laryngeal cancer.
- Conditions
- Larynx Neoplasm, Laryngectomy; Status, Communication, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05346237
- Testing
- Quality of life questionnaire
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Osijek University Hospital
Stroke, Aphasia
Digital Interventions in Neurorehabilitation: iTALKbetter
iTALKBetter will provide an app-based therapy for people with word retrieval difficulties who have had a stroke. This study aims to test the therapy application for people with naming difficulties through a small scale…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Anomia
- Trial name
- NCT04566081
- Testing
- iTalkBetter Trained Items, iTalkBetter Untrained Items
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
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
Benefits of Assistive Listening Device for Speech Intelligibility
Speech intelligibility in noise will be evaluated in adults with moderate to moderate-severe sensorineural hearing loss, using an assistive listening device and hearing aid, and compared to speech intelligibility in noise using…
- Trial name
- NCT05072470
- Testing
- Roger microphone, Phonak Audeo hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Auditory Training and Auditory Efferent System
Role of the Auditory Efferent System in Auditory Perceptual Learning
The purpose of this study is to determine how changes in speech perception resulting from a computerized auditory training program are related to concurrent changes in auditory brainstem function resulting from the training.
- Trial name
- NCT02574247
- Testing
- Computerized auditory training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Loma Linda Health Care System
Aphasia
Exercise as an Adjuvant to Aphasia Therapy
The purpose of the study is to reveal if individuals who participate in aerobic activity demonstrate greater improvement in language abilities than patients who do not participate in aerobic activity.
- Trial name
- NCT01113879
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise, Stretching
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aphasia
Transcranial Direct Stimulation (tDCS) and Behavioral Intervention in Aphasia
We hypothesize patients who have difficulty with word recall (naming pictures) due to a stroke will experience greater benefit in word recall after receiving a combination of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and…
- Trial name
- NCT02226796
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Speech Sound Disorder
Comparing Traditional and Biofeedback Telepractice Treatment for Residual Speech Errors
This study aims to evaluate the relative efficacy of biofeedback and traditional treatment for residual speech errors when both are delivered via telepractice.
- Trial name
- C-RESULTS TPT (NCT04625062)
- Testing
- Visual-acoustic biofeedback, Motor-based treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- New York University
Hearing Loss
Clinical Applications for Time-Compressed Speech Tests
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of age-related cognitive changes on hearing aid benefit based on hearing aid compression time constants.
- Trial name
- NCT00371839
- Testing
- Audiological Evaluation
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Impairment
Wide-Bandwidth Open Canal Hearing Aid For Better Multitalker Speech Understanding
Our goal is to design and build a new hearing aid system, which mitigates the most common complaints that hearing aid users have.
- Trial name
- NCT00582946
- Testing
- Hearing Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- EarLens Corporation
Hearing Loss
Evaluating Benefits of Hearing Aid Microphone Directionality Technologies
This study will evaluate the impact of hearing aid microphone directionality technologies and settings on speech understanding in noise for experienced hearing aid users.
- Trial name
- NCT04953390
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo hearing aid, Phonak hearing aid with multiple directionality settings, adjustable via a mobile app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG