The effect of deep brain stimulation on speaking: An exploratory study
Recruiting
- Conditions
- deep brain stimulationParkinsons10028037
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48257
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
* Between 45 * 75 years of age
* Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson*s disease
* Native speaker of Dutch
* Willingness and ability to give written informed consent and willingness and ability to understand the nature and content, to participate and to comply with the study requirements
Exclusion Criteria
* Dementia
* Psychiatric condition
* Other neurological condition known to influence language and cognition
* Hearing or visual impairment
* History of neurodevelopmental language disorders (i.e., dyslexia, specific language impairment).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Behavioural performance on the language tasks for the different ON-OFF states<br /><br>of stimulation and medication</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>NA</p><br>