Treating post-stroke speech difficulties by computer therapy
Completed
- Conditions
- Post-stroke speech production impairments (apraxia of speech and aphasic word production impairment)Signs and SymptomsApraxia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN88245643
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Sheffield
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients experiencing unilateral left-hemisphere lesion(s)
2. Minimum 6 months post onset of stroke
3. Diagnosis of apraxia of speech
Exclusion Criteria
1. Not pre-morbidly competent in English
2. Insufficient auditory and visual acuity to interact with a laptop computer
3. Currently receiving impairment-based speech/language therapy
4. Presence of degenerative neurocognitive impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Accuracy of word production in naming and repetition measured by:<br>1. Naming accuracy<br>2. Repetition accuracy<br>3. Word duration<br>4. Connected speech (narrative) samples<br>Control measures:<br>1. CAT Spoken sentence to picture matching<br>2. PALPA48 Written word to picture matching
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Health economic assessment (health-related quality of life, resource use & societal costs) measured by:<br>1.1. EQ-5D Health questionnaire<br>1.2. SF-12v2. Health Status questionnaire<br>1.3. Costs questionnaire<br>2. Acceptability to service users and families of self-administered computer therapy