Clinical trials: Speech
Stroke
Speech Therapy for Aphasia: Comparing Two Treatments
This is a behavioral speech therapy trial for individuals who have suffered a stroke on the left side of the brain and have difficulty speaking.
- Trial name
- PMvSFA (NCT02153710)
- Testing
- Semantic Feature Analysis therapy, Phonomotor Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Transmagnetic Stimulation Pilot in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a non-Alzheimer's dementia that is the 2nd most common cause of dementia in the United States.
- Trial name
- TMS in PPA (NCT05860647)
- Testing
- Intermittent theta burst stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
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
Alzheimer's Disease, Aphasia
Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Language in Alzheimer's Disease
The investigators wish to investigate the efficacy of targeted repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on expressive language in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Aphasia, Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT00814697
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Coil Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- The New York Memory Services
Unrecognized Condition
Preoxygenation With Optiflow™ - the Effect of Speech on Lung Oxygenation.
If a patient speaks during the process of preoxygenation with high-flow nasal oxygen via the Optiflow™ system, is the efficacy reduced as measured by end-tidal lung oxygen content?
- Trial name
- NCT03766646
- Testing
- Optiflow
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Aphasia, Cerebrovascular Stroke
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech in Aphasia
The purpose of this study is to examine whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to improve speech in chronic stroke patients with aphasia. Aphasia patients can have problems with speech production.
- Trial name
- NCT00608582
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Language Development Disorders, Speech Sound Disorder
Manipulating Linguistic Complexity to Improve Child Language Treatment Outcomes
Phonological disorder (PD) and specific language impairment (SLI) directly impact a child's ability to communicate and are among the most prevalent developmental disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03977701
- Testing
- Phonological treatment, Morpheme treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Phase I/IIa Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of an Intratympanic Dose of PIPE-505 in Subjects With Hearing Loss
This is a randomized, double-blind study of PIPE-505, or placebo, in subjects with hearing loss associated with speech-in-noise impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT04462198
- Testing
- PIPE-505
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Contineum Therapeutics
Aphasia, Cerebrovascular Accident
Treating Intention In Aphasia: Neuroplastic Substrates
The purpose of this study is to determine if an "intentional act" improves treatment response for patients with nonfluent aphasia. The treatment involves naming pictures and saying members of categories.
- Trial name
- NCT00567242
- Testing
- Word-finding with intention component, Word-finding with no intention component
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Open-canal Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aids and Traditional In-the-ear Hearing Aids.
This study is being conducted to evaluate the benefits of in-the-ear vs. open-fit behind-the-ear hearing aids. We want to learn more about which patients prefer each type, so we can make better choices about which type of hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT00727909
- Testing
- Hearing Aid Treatments
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 290 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pain, Acute
Ketamine-assisted Therapy for Advanced GI Cancer
This clinical trial evaluates whether it is possible to use a single dose of ketamine in combination with talk therapy to treat moderate to severe demoralization in patients with stage 3 or 4 gastrointestinal (GI) cancers who…
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pain, Acute, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Demoralization
- Trial name
- NCT06077487
- Testing
- Ketamine, Ketamine Injectable Product, Meaning and Purpose therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Brian Anderson, MD
Hearing Loss
Clinical Evaluation of the Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant (CI) System
To evaluate the performance of the Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant System.
- Trial name
- NCT01072409
- Testing
- Nucleus 5 Cochlear implant, Cochlear implantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Parkinson's Disease
An RCT of a Telemedicine Intervention for Hypokinetic Dysarthria in PD
Nearly 90% of people with Parkinson's disease have speech and voice disorders that negatively impact their ability to communicate effectively in daily life.
- Trial name
- NCT04617496
- Testing
- Combined speech and exercise intervention, Health education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Evaluate the Effect of a Talking Tracheostomy Tube on Quality of Life
Evaluation of a Tracheostomy Tube That Enables Communication
Verbal communication is vital to critically ill mechanically ventilated patient's quality of life (Hess, 2005). Patients who have a tracheostomy tube may be able to communicate using a speaking valve, however, some patients may…
- Trial name
- BLUSA (NCT02018562)
- Testing
- Portex Blueline Ultra Suctionaid Tracheostomy Tube
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Healthy Aging
What Makes People Better at Describing Photographs?
This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to provide verbal descriptions of photographs.
- Trial name
- NCT05444114
- Testing
- Mental Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Tracheostomy, Communication
A Speech Recognition Application as a Communication Aid for Acute and Critical Care Patients With Tracheostomies
Patients in acute and critical care often undergo a tracheostomy. A tracheostomy is an incision at the front of the neck to insert a breathing tube directly into the airway.
- Conditions
- Tracheostomy, Communication, Acute/Critical Illness
- Trial name
- SRAVI (NCT06027866)
- Testing
- SRAVI (Speech Recognition Application for the Voice Impaired)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
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
Selective Mutism
What Treatment Works for Children With Selective Mutism?
The purpose of this pilot study is to explore the outcome of a manual based treatment for children with Selective Mutism
- Trial name
- NCT00554749
- Testing
- Interventions at home, in the kindergarten/school
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse
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
Speech Sound Disorder
staRt: Enhancing Speech Treatment With Smartphone-delivered Biofeedback
Previous research suggests that biofeedback can outperform traditional interventions for RSE, but no controlled studies have tested this hypothesis in the context of app-delivered biofeedback.
- Trial name
- staRt (NCT04474691)
- Testing
- Traditional articulation treatment, Visual-acoustic biofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- New York University