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Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Service Workers' Comprehension of People With Aphasia
Led by University of Massachusetts, Amherst · Updated on 2026-04-29
160
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
44 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether healthy volunteers are more successful at understanding people with aphasia if they have first viewed an aphasia identification (ID) card. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of the language errors made by people with aphasia? * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of people with aphasia who make long pauses in their speech? Researchers will compare aphasia ID cards to a control condition (no ID card) to see whether aphasia ID cards improve healthy volunteers' understanding. Healthy volunteers will visit the study site for a single session (about 2 hours long). During the session they will: * Complete brief tests of their vision, hearing and thinking * Listen to sentences produced by a speaker with aphasia while their eye movements are recorded * Complete a survey about the experience of listening to the speaker with aphasia
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Service Workers' Comprehension of People With Aphasia
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adult age 18-59
- Currently employed as a service worker
- Understand spoken and written English well
- High school diploma or equivalency
- Normal vision or corrected vision with glasses or contact lenses
You will not qualify if you...
- Language disorder
- Hearing impairment
- Intellectual disability
- History of acquired neurological disorder (e.g., stroke or moderate/severe brain injury)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
UMass Amherst Henry M. Thomas III Center at Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01115
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Research Team
J
Jennifer E Mack, PhD
CONTACT
H
Holly Laws, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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