Intervention for Communication Quality of Life in Primary Progressive Aphasia

Recruiting N/A Interventional Study
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA) Semantic Dementia Logopenic Progressive Aphasia (LPA) Nonfluent Aphasia, Progressive Progressive Aphasia Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (svPPA) Semantic Aphasia Logopenic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (LPA) Logopenic Progressive Aphasia Nonfluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (nfvPPA) Nonfluent Progressive Aphasia
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
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At a Glance
Age
40 and older
Sex
Any
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Treatment
Participants needed
30 (estimated)
Sponsor
Maya Henry · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a personalized, multi-component, virtual speech language treatment program can improve communication and quality of life for adults with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their primary communication partners. The study will enroll participants who speak English and/or Spanish. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * Is the telere…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Persons with PPA: * A PPA (Gorno-Tempini et al., 2011) or "PPA-plus" (Mesulam et al., 2001) diagnosis * MMSE score of 15 or higher and must be able to produce single monosyllabic words intelligibly * Must speak English, Spanish or both languages (i.e., bilingual speakers of E…
Contacts

Henry Lab Research Coordinator

512-471-3420

aphasialab@austin.utexas.edu

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Grasso Lab Research Coordinator

512-232-1440

multilingual.aphasia@austin.utexas.edu

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