Clinical Trial: Treatments of Acquired Apraxia of Speech

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Treatments of Acquired Apraxia of Speech

Brief Summary: This study is designed to examine the effects of speech therapy on ability to produce speech sounds in persons with acquired apraxia of speech.

Detailed Summary: This study is designed to investigate the effects of Sound Production Treatment (SPT; a treatment for acquired apraxia of speech) on sound production accuracy in persons with chronic apraxia of speech (AOS). Organization of practice (blocked practice or randomized practice) will be manipulated in an effort to determine the most efficacious application of SPT. A combination of group and single-subject experimental designs will be completed with 24 speakers with AOS (2 groups of 12 participants).
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

Current Primary Outcome: speech production [ Time Frame: Pre treatment (2-3 week period preceding the start of treatment) , Interim treatment (after 20 treatment session - approximately 7 weeks after the start of treatment), and Post treatment (after another 20 treatment sessions - approximately 15 weeks) ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

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Information By: VA Office of Research and Development

Dates:
Date Received: April 15, 2011
Date Started: August 1, 2011
Date Completion: January 2018
Last Updated: April 6, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017