Clinical trials: Word Finding Difficulty
Epilepsy
Preoperative Speech Rehabilitation in Drug-Resistant Temporal Epilepsy: A Case Study
Out of 30,000 new cases per year in France, 30% of epileptic patients are drug-resistant. Neurosurgery, which consists in resecting the epileptogenic zone, is the only chance of cure.
- Trial name
- REPREO SCED (NCT05325047)
- Testing
- Intensive speech rehabilitation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Word Finding Difficulty, Communication Disorders
Intervention for Fluency Difficulty
The focus of the study is to identify children with word-finding difficulty and other speech and communication difficulties such as stuttering, a procedure referred to as screening.
- Trial name
- FIST (NCT04217460)
- Testing
- Intervention for fluency difficulty
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Aphasia, Anomia
Inner Speech and Naming Treatment for Individuals with Aphasia
Aphasia is a language disorder, commonly resulting from stroke or other brain injury, that impacts a person's ability to communicate.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Anomia, Language Disorders, Communication Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05980897
- Testing
- Naming treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Stroke
Treatment for Word Retrieval Impairments in Aphasia
In this study the investigators are examining the effectiveness of two different speech therapy protocols for word retrieval impairments experienced by individuals with stroke-induced aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT00764400
- Testing
- Word Retrieval Treatments for Aphasia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Old Dominion University
Post-Stroke Chronic Aphasia
Ecological Momentary Intervention for Post-Stroke Anomia
Anomia (i.e., impaired word retrieval) is one of the most common and debilitating deficits experienced by stroke survivors with aphasia, an acquired disorder characterized by impaired language.
- Trial name
- NCT07739875
- Testing
- Semantic Feature Ecological Momentary Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Anomia, Stroke
Finding the Right Words in Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Every year thousands of persons suffer from brain damage resulting in anomia, that is, word finding difficulties affecting their ability to talk to other people.
- Conditions
- Anomia, Stroke, Aphasia, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03568760
- Testing
- Semantic feature analysis, Comprehension training
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Stroke-induced Aphasia
Overcoming Learned Non-Use in Chronic Aphasia
In this study the investigators are examining the effectiveness of intensive speech therapy in chronic moderate-to-severe stroke-induced aphasia under two conditions - responses "constrained" or unconstrained to speech.
- Trial name
- NCT02012374
- Testing
- Intensive Language Action Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Stroke
Speech Therapy for Aphasia: Comparing Two Treatments
This is a behavioral speech therapy trial for individuals who have suffered a stroke on the left side of the brain and have difficulty speaking.
- Trial name
- PMvSFA (NCT02153710)
- Testing
- Semantic Feature Analysis therapy, Phonomotor Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Mild
Precision Medicine Approach for Early Dementia & Mild Cognitive Impairment
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a precision medicine approach to the standard-of-care for people with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia.
- Trial name
- EVANTHEA (NCT05894954)
- Testing
- Precision Medicine Approach, Hormones and Medications tailored to lab tests, combined with devices that support stress management and brain exercises, Standard-of-Care
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Alzheimer's Prevention and Reversal Project, Inc.
Aphasia
Voice Adaptive Tablet-Based Naming Treatment for Adults With Aphasia
Rising life expectancy is leading to a rising incidence of strokes worldwide. Approximately one third of people who had a stroke live with a communication disorder, aphasia, which is associated with the largest negative…
- Trial name
- VoiceAdapt (NCT04108364)
- Testing
- Voice adaptive training for aphasia
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Aphasia, Stroke
Intention Treatment for Anomia
Every year approximately 15,000 Veterans are hospitalized for stroke, and up to 40% of those Veterans will experience stroke-related language impairment (i.e., aphasia).
- Trial name
- NCT04267198
- Testing
- Intention Treatment for Anomia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development