Speech Therapy of Parkinson's Disease Patients by Interpreting Texts
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- G20Parkinson disease
- Registration Number
- DRKS00006333
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Jena
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Parkinson's disease (Brain Bank criteria, Hoehn & Yahr stage 2 - 4) with hypophonic dysarthria
Exclusion Criteria
Presence of dementia or atypical Parkinson's disease, ongoing speech therapy during the trial, text blindness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in intelligibility on the level of words, sentencesand texts as well as in spontaneous speech one day after the last training session and 3 months later (assessment by blinded listeners)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in self perception and perception by others according to the voice handicap index (VHI), communication-related quality of life (PDQ-39), changes in acoustic parameters one day after the last training session as well as 3 months later