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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) With Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) in Chronic Aphasia
Led by City University of New York · Updated on 2025-01-07
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
103 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to assess changes in language abilities of participants with chronic, post-stroke aphasia following an 8-week therapy period combined with brain stimulation. The investigators use a stimulation method called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The investigators cover two electrodes in damp sponges, place them on the scalp, and pass a weak electrical current between them. Some of this current passes through the brain and can change brain activity. One electrode is placed over language areas a bit above and in front of the left ear. The other is placed on the forehead above the right eye. Stimulation is provided twice a week for 8 weeks during aphasia therapy. The investigators believe that this stimulation may increase the effectiveness of therapy.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) With Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) in Chronic Aphasia
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Right handed (pre-stroke for participants with aphasia)
- High school education or equivalent
- Native English fluency without early second language exposure (before age 10)
- Ability to perform the required discourse and MRI tasks
- For participants with aphasia: single-event left hemisphere stroke more than 6 months prior to enrollment
- For participants with aphasia: diagnosis of aphasia confirmed by Western Aphasia Battery-Revised
- For participants with aphasia: no other speech therapy during the 20-week study period
- For participants with aphasia: ability to perform the required therapy tasks
You will not qualify if you...
- Failed vision or hearing screening
- MRI contraindications including pacemaker
- Pregnancy
- History of seizure or change in seizure medication in past 12 months
- History of speech/language, psychiatric, or neurological disorder, or serious medical condition (except chronic stroke comorbidities for aphasia participants)
- For participants with aphasia: unmodifiable hairstyle preventing electrode scalp contact
- For participants with aphasia: sensitive scalp by self-report
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
City University of New York
New York, New York, United States, 10016
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Research Team
E
E. Susan Duncan, PhD, CCC-SLP
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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