Clinical trials: Non-Verbal Communication, open to volunteers
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
Communication Barriers
Understanding Communication Barriers in Acute Care: A Mixed-Methods Needs Assessment Among Healthcare Providers Caring for Non-Verbal Patients With Spinal Cord Injury and Tracheostomy in the ICU
Communication impairment is common among critically ill patients who are mechanically ventilated, have tracheostomies, or have neurological injuries such as spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT07796035
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
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
Teaching Behaviors, Sign Language Skills
Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
Strategic and interactive approaches driven by sociocultural, cognitive, and language theories have accumulated a large body of evidence documenting improvements in more complex oral and written language skills.
- Trial name
- SISI (NCT06667102)
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Laughter
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Primiparous Pregnant Women
Primiparous women constitute a special risk group who may experience higher levels of fear of childbirth and lower birth self-efficacy during pregnancy due to their lack of prior childbirth experience.
- Trial name
- NCT07360184
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bozok University
Infant Sleep and Crying
Effects of Two Swaddling Techniques on Infant Sleep, Crying, and Maternal Comfort
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how two different safe swaddling techniques affect sleep duration, crying duration, and maternal comfort in infants aged 1-4 months and their mothers.
- Trial name
- NCT07868380
- Testing
- Hip-Healthy Swaddling, Midline Flexion Swaddling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Izmir University of Economics
Stuttering, Fluency Disorder
Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Explore Potential Treatments to Reduce Speech Errors in Adults Who Stutter
The goal of this study is to find out whether a type of noninvasive brain stimulation can help reduce speech errors, such as repetitions, blocks, and prolongations, in people who stutter.
- Trial name
- NCT07354139
- Testing
- High - Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Down Syndrome
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation to Improve Language in Down Syndrome.
Down syndrome (DS) is associated with cognitive deficits, caused by alterations in neuroplasticity and synaptic transmission. Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), can…
- Trial name
- NCT07044804
- Testing
- Active Group (Active Anodal tDCS to the left IFG or Cathodal tDCS to the left IFG)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Floriana Costanzo
Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech
taVNS for Speech and Language Recovery in Aphasia
The goal of this research study is to evaluate a novel approach to improving speech recovery in those with acquired apraxia of speech.
- Trial name
- NCT07563387
- Testing
- taVNS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Genetic Disease, Nonverbal Communication
Using a Speech-Generating Device to Support Communication in Rare Genetic Conditions
Individuals with rare genetic conditions may experience a delay or loss of developmental skills. Many have limited verbal speech.
- Conditions
- Genetic Disease, Nonverbal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Rare Genetic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07039084
- Testing
- Speech-generating device, Control
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Literacy, Communication, Nonverbal
Enhancing Orthographic Communication and Literacy Outcomes for AAC Learners
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether adding Integrated Decoding and Encoding instruction to the ALLSTAR literacy program improves reading outcomes for students with significant literacy and communication needs.
- Trial name
- NCT07384156
- Testing
- ALLSTAR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Aphasia, Gestures
Effects of Gesture Plus Verbal Treatment (GVT) in Cantonese Speakers With Aphasia
This research aims to explore the relative efficacy of Verbal-only and GVT on naming difficulty in Cantonese-speaking people with aphasia (PWA).
- Trial name
- NCT07455162
- Testing
- Verbal treatment, Gesture plus verbal treatment
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong University
Smile, Smile Esthetics
Validation of the French Version of the SERQoL Questionnaire
This observational study aims to validate the French version of the Smile Esthetics-Related Quality of Life (SERQoL) questionnaire in adult patients recruited in two APH-HP dental departments.
- Trial name
- Periosmile1 (NCT07372105)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Language Disorders, Aphasia
Development and Validation of Language and Communication Assessment Scales
The aim of speech therapy for people with aphasia is to improve their ability to communicate in daily life. Traditional evaluations focus on linguistic tasks, but they do not fully address everyday communication skills, which are…
- Trial name
- SCALE_COM (NCT07518576)
- Testing
- conversational approach
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Communication Barriers, Eye-tracking Technology
Eye-Tracking Communication Tool for Non-verbal ICU Patients
The objectives of this clinical trial are to explore the feasibility of the eye-tracking communication tool in alleviating communication barriers among non-verbal ICU patients.
- Conditions
- Communication Barriers, Eye-tracking Technology, ICU Patients
- Trial name
- NCT07205419
- Testing
- Eye-Tracking communication tool, Conventional Techniques
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Fibromyalgia (FM), Pain
Analysis of Facial Expressions for Pain Recognition in Fibromyalgia: Using Artificial Intelligence and Biomarkers
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome with characteristics of generalized body pain, low pain threshold, tenderness and stiffness in muscles, tendons and joints.
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia (FM), Pain, Catastrophizing Pain
- Trial name
- Fibromyalgia (NCT06813352)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais
White Noise
White Noise and Crying Duration After Invasive Procedures in Infants
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of white noise applied during invasive procedures (blood sampling or intravenous access) on pain and physical parameters in infants aged 1-3 months.
- Trial name
- NCT07453641
- Testing
- White Noise Audio
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City 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
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability
Heart Rate Informed Changes in Care for Non-Communicating Patients
The overarching aim is to generate knowledge to reduce incidence of pain in non-verbal patients' everyday life. The trial will 1) evaluate how HR can be used to identify potentially painful care procedures that should be…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Communication, Nonverbal
- Trial name
- NCT05738278
- Testing
- HR-informed change in routine, Delayed HR-informed specific change in routine
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Harnessing Communication Preferences
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate how preference for communication approach (e.g., using a touch talker versus picture cards) impacts treatment maintenance in the context of treatment to reduce challenging behavior…
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Self-Injurious Behavior, Communication Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT07278544
- Testing
- PrefFCT, NonPrefFCT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Joel E. Ringdahl