Effect of Community Choir Singing in People With Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia

Summary

The goal of this randomized controled trial is to test the effects of assigning people with chronic post-stroke aphasia to 12 weekly choir sessions, compared to usual care.

The main question it aims to answer is:

Does the assignment to a choir singing program causes a beneficial effect on functional communication and language recovery as well as psychosocial outcomes compared to usual care in the rehabilitation of people with chronic post-stroke aphasia?

Participants will have:

12 in-person choir-singing sessions (1 session/week, 1,5 h/session, total 18h) conducted by a choir master, and home singing training (3 x 30-minutes-sessions/week, total 18h)

Conditions

• Aphasia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Choir singing

The 12-week intervention will consist of 12 in-person choir-singing sessions (1 session/week, 1,5 h/session, total 18h) conducted by a choir master in addition to home training (3 x 30-minutes-sessions/week, total 18h). In total, participants will undergo the intervention for 3 hours/week for 12 weeks (i.e., 36 hours).

OTHER

Usual care

Rehabilitation services received by patients and social activities will be monitored and documented.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Toronto Metropolitan University

  collaborator OTHER

• Université de Montréal

  collaborator OTHER

• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

  collaborator OTHER

• University of South Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Ottawa

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Anna Zumbansen, PhD · University of Ottawa

• Arla Good, PhD · Toronto Metropolitan University

• Frank Russo, PhD · Toronto Metropolitan University

• Carole Anglade, PhD · Université de Montréal

• Édith Durand, PhD · Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

• Jennifer Bugos, PhD · University of South Florida

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-04-22

Primary Completion

2027-09-30

Completion

2027-09-30

Countries

• United States
• Canada

Study Locations