Integrating Complementary Learning Principles in Aphasia Rehabilitation Via Adaptive Modeling (Sub-study 1: Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning Via Adaptive Naming Deadlines)
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY
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.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Existing diagnosis of chronic (\>6 months) aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere stroke.
• Impaired performance on 2/8 sections of the Comprehensive Aphasia Test.
Locations
United States
Pennsylvania
Language Rehab and Cognition Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
RECRUITING
Pittsburgh
Contact Information
Primary
Alyssa Kelly, M.A., CCC-SLP
ank155@pitt.edu
412-648-3274
Time Frame
Start Date:2023-11-27
Estimated Completion Date:2028-01-31
Participants
Target number of participants:30
Treatments
Experimental: Effort-maximized, then accuracy-maximized, then effort-accuracy balanced
All participants will receive all three naming treatment conditions in a randomized order - this is one possible ordering of those conditions.
Experimental: Effort-maximized, then effort-accuracy balanced, then accuracy-maximized
All participants will receive all three naming treatment conditions in a randomized order - this is one possible ordering of those conditions.
Experimental: Accuracy-maximized, then effort-maximized, then effort-accuracy balanced
All participants will receive all three naming treatment conditions in a randomized order - this is one possible ordering of those conditions.
Experimental: Accuracy-maximized, then effort-accuracy balanced, then effort-maximized
All participants will receive all three naming treatment conditions in a randomized order - this is one possible ordering of those conditions.
Experimental: Effort-accuracy balanced, then effort-maximized, then accuracy maximized
All participants will receive all three naming treatment conditions in a randomized order - this is one possible ordering of those conditions.
Experimental: Effort-accuracy balanced, then accuracy-maximized, then effort-maximized
All participants will receive all three naming treatment conditions in a randomized order - this is one possible ordering of those conditions.