Listener Training for Improved Intelligibility of People With Parkinson's Disease
Recruiting · NCT06815263 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Utah State University
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What this trial is about
Listener training offers a promising avenue for improving communication for people with dysarthria due to Parkinson's disease by offsetting the intelligibility burden from the patient onto their primary communication partners. Here, we employ a repeated-measures, randomized controlled trial to establish the efficacy of listener training for patients with PD and their primary communication partners. This translational work will establish a new realm of clinical practice in which the intelligibility impairments in PD are addressed by training partners to better understand dysarthric speech, thus elevating communication outcomes and participation in daily life.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Primary language is English
- 18 years or older
- medical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (patient participants)
- speech diagnosis of hyperkinetic dysarthria, exhibiting hallmark characteristics (patient participants)
Exclusion criteria
- Severe cognitive impairment
- Less than 18 years of age
- Primary language other than English
Where it is running
2 locations listed across 2 US states.
- Florida State University - Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Utah State University - Logan, Utah, United States