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Emotional Prosody Treatment in Parkinson's

NCT01956266 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2019-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study investigates a treatment protocol which holds the potential to significantly improve communication and quality of life for individuals affected by Parkinson's disease (PD). Disorders of emotional communication are widely reported in PD and can negatively impact quality of life by increasing social isolation and decreasing independence. Individuals with emotional prosodic communication disorders are often perceived as depressed or unconcerned about others. This seeming negativity can cause difficulties in relationships, and increased feelings of stress and burden in caregivers which may result in earlier placement in an institutional care setting. This innovative treatment program could improve care for individuals with PD, as well as other individuals who may be affected by disorders of emotional prosodic communication (e.g., stroke or traumatic brain injury).

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Emotional prosodic treatment

The experimental treatment is consistent with the standard treatment in that it targets impairments in pitch/stress, loudness variability and control of speech rate, the core characteristics of prosodic insufficiency in PD (Darley, Aronson \& Brown, 1969). However, the experimental treatment provides an innovative and targeted emphasis on the emotional component of the disorder. The production of emotional intonation in an utterance requires varying combinations of pitch/stress, loudness, and rate. Participants will receive clinician feedback as well as auditory and visual feedback on accuracy via the VisiPitch display.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Susan A Leon, PhD · North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-01
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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