RECRUITING

Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning in Naming Treatment for Aphasia

Conditions

Study Overview

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Description

Aphasia is a language disorder caused by stroke and other acquired brain injuries that affects over two million people in the United States and which interferes with life participation and quality of life. Anomia (i.e., word- finding difficulty) is a primary frustration for people with aphasia. Picture-based naming treatments for anomia are widely used in aphasia rehabilitation, but current treatment approaches do not address the long-term retention of naming abilities and do not focus on using these naming abilities in daily life. The current research aims to evaluate novel anomia treatment approaches to improve long-term retention and generalization to everyday life. This study is one of two that are part of a larger grant. This record is for sub-study 1, which will adaptively balance effort and accuracy using speeded naming deadlines.

Official Title

Integrating Complementary Learning Principles in Aphasia Rehabilitation Via Adaptive Modeling (Sub-study 1: Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning Via Adaptive Naming Deadlines)

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-11-27
Study Completion:2028-01-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05653440

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Existing diagnosis of chronic (\>6 months) aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere stroke.
  2. * Impaired performance on 2/8 sections of the Comprehensive Aphasia Test.
  1. * History of other acquired or progressive neurological disease.
  2. * Significant language comprehension impairments (per performance on the CAT - individuals will be excluded if their spoken language comprehension mean modality T- score on the CAT falls below 40).
  3. * Unmanaged drug / alcohol dependence.
  4. * Severe diagnosed mood or behavioral disorders that require specialize mental health interventions.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Rickea Hudson-Simpson, B.A.
CONTACT
412-648-3274
rjh172@pitt.edu

Principal Investigator

William Evans, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Pittsburgh

Study Locations (Sites)

Language Rehab and Cognition Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

  • William Evans, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Pittsburgh

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-11-27
Study Completion Date2028-01-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-11-27
Study Completion Date2028-01-31

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Aphasia
  • Stroke