Clinical trials: Speech Intelligibility
Stuttering, Down Syndrome
How Stuttering and Gestures Influence the Intelligibility of Individuals With Down Syndrome
This study wants to determine the relationship between spontaneous hand gestures, stuttering and intelligibility in individuals with Down syndrome. One third of these individuals has fluency problems, such as stuttering.
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Down Syndrome, Intelligibility, Speech, Gestures
- Trial name
- NCT03698539
- Testing
- hand gestures
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Parkinson's Disease, Dysarthria
Improve Speech Using an In-the-ear Device in Parkinson's Disease
This project will systematically examine the therapeutic effect of altered auditory feedback provided by the in-the-ear device on the speech impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- MJFFSpeech (NCT00488657)
- Testing
- SpeechEasy Model ITC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
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
Auditory Processing Disorder
The Phonak EduLink-System in Students With Specific Performance Deficits in Speech-in-Noise Intelligibility
In the management and remediation of students with specific performance deficits in speech-in-noise intelligibility, most often, a "triad" approach for treatment is used, which includes direct therapy, compensatory strategies…
- Trial name
- NCT00167128
- Testing
- hearing aid, Phonak EduLink-FM System
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Auditory Processing Disorder
An 'Off-the-shelf' Assistive Listening Device: Normal-hearing Children.
The cochlea, the sensory organ of hearing, is a structure of the temporal bone on the skull. In everyday life sounds are heard via air conduction.
- Trial name
- NCT03695575
- Testing
- Bone-conduction headset
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hearing Evaluation and Amplification Resource, Ltd.
Deafness Neurosensory
Real-time Artificial Intelligence-based Speech Enhancement Methods for Hearing Aid Improvement
Individuals with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders (ANSD) represent 1-10% of adults with hearing loss. These individuals have little or no benefit from current hearing aids because ANSD is a continuum of hearing impairments…
- Trial name
- REFINED (NCT05985473)
- Testing
- audiological measurements, Objective and subjective audiological measurements, Evaluation of the denoising methods REFINED
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
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
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
Hearing Loss
Exploration of the Functional Effect of Modified Gain Precalculation on Soft Speech Intelligibility
An exploratory investigation of gain precalculation principles in CE-labelled Sonova brand hearing instruments (e.g. Phonak hearing instruments) is intended to be conducted on hearing impaired participants.
- Trial name
- NCT07388784
- Testing
- Competitor device, hearing aid with standard gain precalculation principle, Hearing aid with gain precalculation principle 1, Hearing aid with gain precalculation principle 2
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Sebastian Griepentrog
Cerebral Palsy (CP), Intelligibility, Speech
Speech Production Enhancement Using Augmentative Communication for Kids
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if speech supplementation can improve speech intelligibility in children ages 7 to 17 years with cerebral palsy.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy (CP), Intelligibility, Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Trial name
- SPEAK (NCT07173049)
- Testing
- AAC Speech supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tongue Cancer, Jaw Cancer
Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Tongue and/or Jaw Neoplasia Before and After Speech Therapy
This study aims to verify the impact of four speech therapy sessions on the Quality of Life of patients treated for malignant tongue and/or jaw cancer, using as measure specific questionnaires of speech and swallowing.
- Conditions
- Tongue Cancer, Jaw Cancer, Oral Cancer, Intelligibility, Speech
- Trial name
- NCT04126226
- Testing
- Speech-language guidance, Speech therapy exercises for swallowing, Speech therapy exercises for speech
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
High-Frequency Hearing Loss
Tracking Biomarkers of Speech Intelligibility
Difficulties understanding speech in noisy environments repeatedly coincide with high-frequency hearing loss. This complaint is commonly exhibited in adults in middle/older age who have a history of noise exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT05145946
- Testing
- Video Game Training Group 1, Video Game Training Group 2
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Electric Stimulation Therapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Enhancing Speech Intelligibility Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS)
This study contributes to fundamental research investigating the role of the articulatory-motor integration and cerebro-acoustic coherence in speech comprehension.
- Trial name
- StimSpeechCom (NCT04036630)
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) induced motor-evoked potentials (MEPs)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Hearing Aids
Communication Training in Hearing Aid Users
The objective of the current research project is to investigate the effectiveness of communication training in first-time hearing aid users with mild to moderate hearing loss delivered in-person in groups or individually.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Hearing Aids, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Speech Intelligibility
- Trial name
- NCT07798453
- Testing
- Cognitive screening, Audiological Assessment, Questionnaires
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder
Building Sentences With Preschoolers Who Use AAC
The focus of this investigation is to compare the effectiveness of the AAC Generative Language Intervention approach to an AAC Standard of Care condition on preschool sentence productions.
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome, Speech and Language Disorder, Speech Disorders in Children, Speech Intelligibility
- Trial name
- NCT03538925
- Testing
- AAC Generative Language Intervention, Standard of Care / Business as Usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Cancer of the Larynx
Speech and Swallowing Characteristics of Patients After Laryngectomy and the Effect on Quality of Life
Swallowing and speech difficulties will be observed in patients post laryngectomy. These difficulties will cause decreased in quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT01607138
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Speech Intelligibility
Speech Intelligibility in Noise Using the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT)
The main purpose of the study is to estimate speech intelligibility in noise. A Norwegian Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) for children will be implemented, and test results for normal hearing (NH) children and adults will be…
- Trial name
- NCT01309503
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Incompetence Due to Cleft Palate
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Hypernasal Speech in Children
When the soft palate does not move enough because of a cleft palate or for unknown reasons, this can lead to a speech difference called velopharyngeal insufficiency.
- Conditions
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Incompetence Due to Cleft Palate, Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure, Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Trial name
- NCT05492266
- Testing
- Expiratory Muscle Strength Training, Maintenance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Noel Jabbour
Hearing Loss, Adult-Onset, Speech Intelligibility
Cochlear Implant Speech in Noise Processing
The study will help us in understanding the neural mechanisms by which listeners with a cochlear implant detect speech in noisy environments.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Adult-Onset, Speech Intelligibility, Hearing Loss, Extreme
- Trial name
- NCT06860152
- Testing
- Cochlear implant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Craig D. Workman, PhD
Hearing Loss
fNIRs, Listening Effort, and Speech Intelligibility
The purpose of the current study is to measure oxygenation in the PFC using fNIRS in a sample of older adults with hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT05330585
- Testing
- Hearing aids, Unaided
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG