Clinical trials: Speech Disorder
Stroke, Aphasia
Evaluating Anodal tDCS Preceding Aphasia Therapy
The purpose of this study is to determine if non-invasive brain stimulation (transcranial direct current stimulation) delivered prior to language therapy will improve word-finding in individuals with aphasia who are 6 months or…
- Trial name
- NCT02249819
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
HIV
Barbershop Talk: HIV Prevention for African American Heterosexual Men
This program utilizes a community-engaged research approach to implementing and evaluating a program that seeks to reduce sexual risk behavior among Black adult heterosexual men.
- Trial name
- NCT01980771
- Testing
- BTWB intervention, Cancer prevention and screening
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 860 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
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
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
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
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
ASSIST: Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a pediatric motor speech disorder that impairs the planning of movements needed for intelligible speech. Children with CAS often show little or slow progress in standard speech therapy.
- Trial name
- ASSIST (NCT03903120)
- Testing
- ASSIST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Larynx Cancer, Laryngectomy; Status
Phonatory Movement of the Pharyngoesophageal Mucosa in Laryngectomy Patients
The treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer involves the removal of the entire larynx. After removal of the larynx, the pharyngoesophageal segment (PES) is created by reconstructing the soft tissue of the pharynx and oesophagus…
- Trial name
- NCT05561920
- Testing
- High-speed video endoscopy (HSV), Acoustic voice analysis, Quality of life questionnaire
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Osijek University Hospital
Respiratory Failure, Speech
Early Speech With One-Way Speaking Valve in Tracheostomy Patients
Patients with tracheostomy who are on and off of mechanical ventilation initially lose the ability to speak, and the use of one-way speaking valves (OWSV) is one method of restoring speech in these patients.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Speech, Aphonia
- Trial name
- NCT03008174
- Testing
- Early one-way speaking valve (OWSV) assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Claustrophobia, Complication of Diagnostic Procedure
Comfort Talk and Economic Outcomes in MRI
Annually, an estimated 700,000 patients do not complete their scheduled MRI scans because of claustrophobia or inability to hold still.
- Trial name
- ComfortTalk® (NCT02427737)
- Testing
- Comfort Talk® Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Hypnalgesics, LLC
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
Glial Tumor
Sophrology Treatment for Patients With Glial Tumours Requiring Speech Therapy
Patients with brain tumours experience a loss of independence, which may occur suddenly or gradually. Communication with the patient may be rapidly impaired, due to impaired alertness, language and/or neurocognitive disorders.
- Trial name
- SOPHNEURO (NCT05189366)
- Testing
- Sophrology, Speech therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest
Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Disorders
MyoVoice to Restore Natural, Hands-free Communication to Individuals With Vocal Impairments
This study will evaluate the ability of MyoVoice to replace natural speech. Referred to generally as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device, MyoVoice uses electrical signals recorded non-invasively from speech…
- Conditions
- Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Disorders, Speech, Alaryngeal, Communication Aids for Disabled
- Trial name
- NCT04762043
- Testing
- Experimental System: MyoVoice, Reference System: Electrolarynx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altec Inc.
Epilepsy
Flexible Representation of Speech
The overarching goal of this exploratory research is to understand the dynamic and flexible nature of speech processing in the human supratemporal plane.
- Trial name
- NCT05209386
- Testing
- Dimension-Based Statistical Learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Aphasia, Spatial Neglect
Prism Adaptation in Left Brain Stroke
Of the 15,000 Veterans who are hospitalized for stroke each year more than half experience spatial and motor impairments and pain.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Spatial Neglect, Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT04387162
- Testing
- Prism Adaptation Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Parkinson's Disease
Evaluation of Intensive Language Therapy
Due to Parkinson's Disease (PD) speech and language (SL) deficits may occur. Further, the literature reports that PD patients, who have not undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS), have deficits regarding voice quality (e.g.
- Trial name
- EILT (NCT02935842)
- Testing
- Specific SL-therapy, Rhythmic Balance-Movement Training (rBMT)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Optimizing Soft Speech Recognition in Children With Hearing Loss
Overhearing is important for vocabulary learning and speech and language development in young children. However, contemporary hearing aids are generally unable to provide adequate access to low-level auditory inputs from multiple…
- Trial name
- SoftSpeech (NCT05299892)
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo P or Naida P hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Cochlear Hearing Loss
Retrospective Analysis of Long-term Speech Performance in Cochlear Implant Recipients Using Electro-acoustic Stimulation
This is a retrospective study designed to collect long-term speech perception results for cochlear implants recipients using electro-acoustic-stimulation as measured in the clinical routine and to confirm the performance of sound…
- Trial name
- NCT06301568
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics AG
Stroke, Aphasia
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Language
This study will investigate the effects of mild electrical stimulation in conjunction with speech therapy for people with post-stroke aphasia to enhance language recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT04166513
- Testing
- Targeted Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Active Control Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Phonologic-Focused Speech Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
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