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Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Audiovisual Speech Perception

Early Phase 1
Conditions
Speech Perception
Registration Number
NCT04290130
Lead Sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Brief Summary

Understanding speech is one of the most important functions of the human brain. We use information from both the auditory modality (the voice the of person we are talking to) and the visual modality (the facial movements of the person we are talking to) to understand speech. We will use intracranial encephalography to study the organization and operation of the brain during audiovisual speech perception.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • must be undergoing neurosurgery for the treatment of a brain disorder
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Exclusion Criteria
  • must have corrected-to-normal vision and hearing
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measurement of neural activityDuring the procedure.

The name of the measurement is the broadband high-frequency activity (BHA) in the brain in response to audiovisual speech. The unit of measure is % increase in power from pre-stimulus baseline. The name of the measurement tool is intracranial EEG, recordings of the raw voltage signal from each electrode implanted in the brain. The voltage-by-time signal will be converted to spectral space using a wavelet transform, and the magnitude of the power between 70 and 150 Hz inclusive in a time window between 0 ms and 500 ms after stimulus onset will be calculated.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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