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Effects of Gesture Plus Verbal Treatment (GVT) in Cantonese Speakers With Aphasia
Led by Hong Kong University · Updated on 2026-03-11
90
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
178 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This research aims to explore the relative efficacy of Verbal-only and GVT on naming difficulty in Cantonese-speaking people with aphasia (PWA). The primary research question in this study is: "For Cantonese-speaking people with aphasia, what are the relative effects of verbal treatment compared to gesture plus verbal treatment (GVT) on verbal and gesture naming at different levels?" People with aphasia will be engaged in a repeated measures experimental design. Participants will be engaged in two phases of training. In the first phase, participants will be assigned to receive verbal-only treatment. To minimize and prevent the carry-over effects caused by the first intervention, a one-month washout period will be implemented before the start of the second phase. After a washout period, participants will switch to GVT in the second phase.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effects of Gesture Plus Verbal Treatment (GVT) in Cantonese Speakers With Aphasia
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosed with aphasia
- Demonstrate word finding difficulty
- Able to repeat single words
- Normal or corrected vision and hearing
- Aphasia caused by a unilateral left hemisphere stroke
- Premorbidly fluent in spoken Cantonese
- Without significant cognitive impairments
- Chronic aphasia due to a unilateral left hemisphere stroke
You will not qualify if you...
- History of other neurological disorders
- Moderate to severe or severe motor speech impairment
- Moderate to severe apraxia of speech
- Very mild or very severe aphasia
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Research Team
A
Annie Zhiyao Hu
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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