Investigating Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) efficacy on Apraxia of Speech (AOS)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Apraxia of Speech resulting from stroke.; Apraxia following cerebral infarction; I69.390

• Registration Number: IRCT20240224061099N1
• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 27 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6

Inclusion Criteria

History of a stroke in the dominant hemisphere for the language that has been at least 6 months since its occurrence
Be monolingual Persian
Passing the Pure Tone Audiometry Screening test at the threshold of 35 dB at frequencies of 500, 1000, and 2000 for at least one ear; if the patient uses a hearing aid, it is necessary to confirm the hearing adequacy at the conversational level by an audiologist
Normal or corrected (using lenses or glasses) visual ability
Absence of alcohol or drug abuse, psychological and neurological disorders other than stroke based on self-report and confirmation by their medical records
Obtaining a normal range score of the non-verbal intelligence test using Raven's progressive matrices
Being right-handed by Edinburgh handedness questionnaire
Absence of dysarthria or mild dysarthria according to the Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment 2 (FDA-2)
Auditory comprehension above 50% in Persian Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MASTp) and Persian Diagnostic Aphasia Battery (P-DAB-1)
Has a literacy level of 8th grade and above
Diagnosis as AOS based on supplemental verbal apraxia test
Obtaining a minimum score of 32 (moderate severity) and above in the verbal apraxia test

Exclusion Criteria

History of more than a stroke in the dominant hemisphere for the language
6 months have not passed since the stroke
Not passing the Pure Tone Audiometry Screening test at the threshold of 35 dB at frequencies of 500, 1000, and 2000 for at least one ear
Failure to confirm hearing adequacy at the conversational level by an audiologist
Absence of normal vision or inability to correct defective vision using lenses or glasses
History of alcohol or drug abuse, psychological and neurological disorders other than stroke based on self-report and confirmation by medical records
Not obtaining a normal range score of the non-verbal intelligence test using Raven's progressive matrices
Not being right-handed, according to the Edinburgh Handedness Questionnaire
Having dysarthria above mild severity according to the Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment 2 (FDA-2) test
Not to be achieved auditory comprehension above 50% in the Persian Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MASTp) and the Persian Diagnostic Aphasia Battery (P-DAB-1)
Has a literacy level lower than 8th grade
Not diagnosing as AOS based on supplemental verbal apraxia test
Obtaining a score of lower than 32 in the verbal apraxia test

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified