Listener Training for Improved Intelligibility of People With Parkinson's Disease
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Dysarthria, Hypokinetic
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 360 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Utah State University · Other
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About This Trial
Listener training offers a promising avenue for improving communication for people with dysarthria due to Parkinson's disease by offsetting the intelligibility burden from the patient onto their primary communication partners. Here, we employ a repeated-measures, randomized controlled trial to establish the efficacy of listener training for patients with PD and their primary communication partners…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Primary language is English
* 18 years or older
* medical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (patient participants)
* speech diagnosis of hyperkinetic dysarthria, exhibiting hallmark characteristics (patient participants)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Severe cognitive impairment
* Les…
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