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Speech Therapy for Aphasia: Comparing Two Treatments

NCT02153710 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2019-09-06

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Summary

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. The name of this disorder is called "aphasia." Individuals in this study will receive one of two treatments. The first is a phonological (sound level) treatment and the second is a semantic (word level) treatment. Individuals in both groups will receive 60 hours of therapy for free (2 hours/day, 5 days/week, 6 weeks).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Semantic Feature Analysis therapy

Control therapy; current standard of care therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Phonomotor Therapy

Experimental therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Portland State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Washington

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Diane L. Kendall, PhD · VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-11
Primary Completion
2017-08-21
Completion
2017-09-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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