Clinical trials: Speech Therapy, open to volunteers
Locked in Syndrome, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Evaluation of the Feasibility and Efficacy of a Chronic Brain-computer Interface for Speech Rehabilitation in Patients With Locked-in-syndrome (LIS)
Eighteen million people worldwide are affected by speech disorders. Locked-in syndrome (LIS) represents the most extreme form of communication disability resulting from motor impairment.
- Trial name
- SpeechBCI (NCT07698496)
- Testing
- Chronic speech BCI
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Developmental Language Disorder
Syntactic Intervention for Cantonese-speaking Children With DLD
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy of explicit vs. implicit intervention on subject relative clause production in Cantonese-speaking children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
- Trial name
- NCT06954194
- Testing
- Explicit intervention (Shape Coding+syntactic priming), Implicit intervention (syntactic priming only)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Aphasia
Neural Bases of Vocal Sensorimotor Impairment in Aphasia
Aphasia is the most common type of post-stroke communication disorder characterized by deficits in speech comprehension, production and control.
- Trial name
- NCT04742894
- Testing
- Visual Feedback Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders
Rural Autistic Individuals - Supporting Expression
This research study investigates how hand gestures can support language comprehension and communication skills of hearing speaking, non-speaking, and/or minimally verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who are…
- Conditions
- Autism Disorder, Language Development Disorders, ADHD, Typical Development
- Trial name
- RAISE (NCT07054866)
- Testing
- Speech-Gesture combinations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Stuttering
Development and Pilot Testing of Virtually Simulated Intervention for Patients Having Stuttering
This study aims to develop and pilot test a culturally appropriate virtual reality (VR)-based speech restructuring intervention for individuals with stuttering in Pakistan.
- Trial name
- NCT07833969
- Testing
- Virtually Simulated Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Stroke, Aphasia
Combined Exercise and Targeted Therapy for Post-Stroke Reading Deficits
The goal of the proposed project is to test the effectiveness of a novel hybrid approach to treatment of reading disorders after stroke, in which exercise training will be used in combination with a targeted reading treatment.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Reading Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06213272
- Testing
- Phono-Motor Therapy, Aerobic Exercise Training (AET), Stretching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Spine, Low Back Pain
Differences in Mechanistic Measures (Oxytocin and Cortisol) of Therapeutic Alliance Between A Talk-Based Therapy and Soft-Tissue Mobilization in Individuals With Chronic Spinal Pain
The goal of this randomized cross-over mechanistic trial is to compare pre- and post-level cortisol and oxytocin changes in patients with chronic spine pain who receive either a hand's on (massage) or a hand's off (talk-based)…
- Conditions
- Spine, Low Back Pain, Neck Pain
- Trial name
- COTHA (NCT06987786)
- Testing
- Massage, Talk-based therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Stroke, Ischemic Stroke
Detecting and Predicting Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment Using the Oxford Cognitive Screen
Cognitive problems are common after a stroke and must be identified early so that rehabilitation can be initiated to improve outcome.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Intracerebral, Cognitive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- OCS-PRECISE (NCT07897916)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Language and Speech in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia
This is a monocenter randomized controlled clinical trial with cross-over arm - assessor blinded. The aims is investigating the effects of the speech language therapy (SLT) alone vs SLT + non-invasive brain stimulation (STIM)…
- Trial name
- NCT06921265
- Testing
- Training with Speech Language Therapy, Standard rTMS, Targeted rTMS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Language Disorders
Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Language Comprehension
First, in a recording-only self-paced reading experiment, patients with epilepsy undergoing intracranial monitoring for clinical purposes will read or listen to sentences presented to them one word at time while the investigators…
- Trial name
- NCT05283265
- Testing
- Sentence Type, Direct brain stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Stroke, Dyslexia, Acquired
Acquired Dyslexia Modeling and Treatment
This study is a low-risk, early phase 1, multicenter trial to test the use of a computational (neural network) cognitive model of reading to simulate acquired dyslexia and its treatment.
- Trial name
- AMT (NCT07209488)
- Testing
- Phono-Motor Therapy, Semantic Feature Analysis
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Expressive Aphasia, Aphasia Following Cerebral Infarction
BrainGate2: Feasibility Study of an Intracortical Neural Interface System for Persons With Aphasia (BG-Aphasia-01)
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary device safety information and demonstrate proof of principle (feasibility) of the ability of people with aphasia to generate text on a computer screen and audible…
- Conditions
- Expressive Aphasia, Aphasia Following Cerebral Infarction, Aphasia Following Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Aphasia Non Fluent
- Trial name
- BG2-Aphasia-01 (NCT07791459)
- Testing
- BrainGate Neural Interface System
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD.
Total Thyroidectomy
Impact of Manual Therapy on Laryngeal Function Following Total Thyroidectomy
In this clinical trial, the investigators are seeking to learn if a course of voice therapy, including neck massage, stretches and pain science education in addition to voice exercise and scar massage will effectively treatment…
- Trial name
- Man Total Thy (NCT06383091)
- Testing
- Anterior Neck Manual Therapy, Pain Neuroscience Education, Neck Stretches
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Logopenic Progressive Aphasia, Primary Progressive Aphasia
Targeting Language-specific and Executive-control Networks With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Logopenic Variant PPA
AD afflicts over 5.5. million Americans and is one of the most expensive diseases worldwide. In AD the variant in which language functions are most affected are referred to as 'logopenic variant Primary Progressive Aphasia'…
- Trial name
- NCT03887481
- Testing
- High-definition active tDCS (HD-tDCS) + "Repeat After Me" (RAM) Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Aphasia, Acquired, Chronic Stroke
VR and Scrip Training of PWA, Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this RCT is to investigate if computerized script training may promote functional communication and nonverbal cognitive functions of Cantonese-speaking PWA, and whether VR may further magnify the treatment outcomes.
- Trial name
- VRSTPWA (NCT06722092)
- Testing
- VR-based script training, Conventional script training
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Respiratory Failure, Communication Disorders
Early Speaking Valve in Ventilator Weaning: Effects on Communication, Depression, and Quality of Life
This study evaluates the impact of early tracheostomy speaking valve intervention on communication ability, depression levels, and quality of life in ventilator-dependent patients during the weaning phase.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Communication Disorders, Depression, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT07005596
- Testing
- Passy-Muir Speaking Valve, Standard Non-Verbal Communication Methods
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Selective Mutism, Anxiety Disorder of Childhood
VR Homework Exercises for Selective Mutism Treatment
Selective mustism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that manifests in childhood. Children with Children with SM do not speak in certain social situations where this is expected of them.
- Trial name
- NCT06882629
- Testing
- 'Speaking at school, a matter of doing' combined with VR homework exercises
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Luuk Stapersma
Aphasia, Stroke
Effect of Anomia Rehabilitation Combined With Metacognitive Training in Patients With Chronic Vascular Aphasia
The postulate of this study is that rehabilitation combining linguistic and metacognitive training will result in a significant improvement in language performance correlated with changes in functional cerebral connectivity…
- Trial name
- METALEX (NCT06930131)
- Testing
- Semantic rehabilitation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Stuttering, Childhood, Stuttering
Network Connectivity and Temporal Processing in Adolescents Who Stutter
The specific purpose of this clinical trial is to compare performance on rhythm perception and production tasks between children who stutter and children who do not stutter.
- Trial name
- NCT05286151
- Testing
- Rhythm discrimination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Aphasia
Based on the Spatio-temporal Coding Characteristics of Frontotemporal Network, This Paper Explores the Mechanism of Five-tone Speech Training in Reshaping Language Fluency Function.
To explore the mechanism of five-tone speech training in reshaping language fluency function and the clinical efficacy of aphasia language function, daily communication ability and communication efficiency based on the temporal…
- Trial name
- NCT07329751
- Testing
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Five-Tone Therapy, Melodic Intonation Training, Standard speech therapy; Routine medical treatment; Health education
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine