Clinical trials: Apraxia of Speech
Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia
Auditory Masking Effects on Speech Fluency in Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech
Impaired speech production is a major obstacle to full participation in life roles by stroke survivors with aphasia and apraxia of speech.
- Conditions
- Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- NCT02094014
- Testing
- Normal Auditory Feedback, Masked Auditory Feedback, Altered Auditory Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia of Speech
Video Assisted Speech Technology to Enhance Motor Planning for Speech
Nearly 3.5 million Americans are diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a communication disorder that causes skill limitations in the areas of language acquisition, sensory integration, and behavior.
- Trial name
- VAST (NCT04764539)
- Testing
- Video Assisted Speech Therapy (VAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- iTherapy, LLC
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
Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech
Investigating the Effects of Rhythm and Entrainment on Fluency in People With Aphasia
Speaking in unison with another person is included as a part of many treatment approaches for aphasia. It is not well understood why and how this technique works.
- Trial name
- NCT05248295
- Testing
- Unison speech (vs. solo), Metrical timing (vs. conversational)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
Communication Disorder, Healthy
Central Mechanisms in Speech Motor Control Studied With H215O PET
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a technique used to investigate the functional activity of the brain. The PET technique allows doctors to study the normal biochemical and metabolic processes of the central nervous system of…
- Conditions
- Communication Disorder, Healthy, Stuttering, Tourette Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00001308
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Aphasia, Stroke
Brain-based Understanding of Individual Language Differences After Stroke
Strokes often cause a loss of communication ability, referred to as aphasia, as well as cognitive difficulties. Each stroke survivor has a unique pattern of strengths and weaknesses in communication and cognition, and a unique…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Stroke, Alexia
- Trial name
- BUILD (NCT04991519)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
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
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Effects of tDCS on Apraxia of Speech in Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. There are three different variants of PPA, each a relatively distinct speech and language profile.
- Trial name
- NCT04486586
- Testing
- Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University