Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning in Naming Treatment for Aphasia
Integrating Complementary Learning Principles in Aphasia Rehabilitation Via Adaptive Modeling (Sub-study 1: Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning Via Adaptive Naming Deadlines)
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Existing diagnosis of chronic (\>6 months) aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. * Impaired performance on 2/8 sections of the Comprehensive Aphasia Test. Exclusion Criteria: * History of other acquired or progressive neurological disease. * Significant language comprehension impairments * Unmanaged drug / alcohol dependence. * Severe diagnosed mood or behavioral disorders that require specialize mental health interventions.
About the study
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by stroke and other acquired brain injuries that affects over two million people in the United States and which interferes with life participation and quality of life. Anomia (i.e., word- finding difficulty) is a primary frustration for people with aphasia. Picture-based naming treatments for anomia are widely used in aphasia rehabilitation, but current treatment approaches do not address the long-term retention of naming abilities and do not focus on using these naming abilities in daily life. The current research aims to evaluate novel anomia treatment approaches to improve long-term retention and generalization to everyday life.
This study is one of two that are part of a larger grant. This record is for sub-study 1, which will adaptively balance effort and accuracy using speeded naming deadlines.
What is being tested
- Accuracy-maximized condition (behavioral)
- Effort-maximized condition (behavioral)
- Effort-accuracy balanced condition (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Participants: 30 · Started: Nov 27, 2023
Contact the study team
- Alyssa Kelly, M.A., CCC-SLP · Phone: 412-648-3274
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05653440
Locations in the U.S.
| Pennsylvania | Language Rehab and Cognition Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Universi, Pittsburgh |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.