Actively Recruiting
Using tDCS in Speech-based Stroke Rehabilitation
Led by NYU Langone Health · Updated on 2025-07-29
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Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
407 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
N
NYU Langone Health
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the effect of treatment for acquired speech impairment can be enhanced by combining effective behavioral treatment with non-invasive brain stimulation. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which delivers low-intensity current to the scalp, and is a safe and well-tolerated approach that poses a non-significant risk to participants. tDCS provides low intensity neural stimulation which has been shown to facilitate motor learning in other domains of stroke rehabilitation such as arm motor learning but the potential to enhance speech motor learning has not been explored. This will be examined with a series of single-case experimental designs.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Using tDCS in Speech-based Stroke Rehabilitation
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Right-handed
- Monolingual (English)
- Single left-hemisphere CVA
- A minimum of six months post-stroke
- Clinical diagnosis of apraxia of speech
- Normal speech perception
- Passing score on the hearing screening.
You will not qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of laryngeal voice disorder
- Dysarthria
- History of speech impairment prior to CVA
- Damaged skin at site of stimulation
- Presence of electrically or magnetically activated implant (including pacemaker)
- Metal in any part of the body
- Family history of medication-resistant epilepsy
- Past history of seizures or unexplained loss of consciousness
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10016
Actively Recruiting
2
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
White Plains, New York, United States, 10605
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
B
Buchwald Lab
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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