tDCS as an Adjuvant to Intensive Speech Therapy for Chronic Post Stroke Aphasia

NAUnknownINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

6

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2016

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2018

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2019

Conditions
AphasiaLanguage
Interventions
DEVICE

Real tDCS

Participants will receive tDCS at 1mA for 20min of the total three hours of intensive speech therapy time at the beginning of each session. Stimulation will be provided via an electrode using a Starstim device.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS

Participants will receive tDCS at 1mA for 20min of the total three hours of intensive speech therapy time at the beginning of each session. Stimulation will be provided via an electrode using a Starstim device.

OTHER

Intensive Speech Therapy

Participants will receive one hour of group therapy and two hours of individual therapy that will follow VNeST format. The purpose of therapy will be to have the client generate verbs and nouns in written and verbal form.

Trial Locations (1)

78757

Austin Speech Labs, Austin

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Burke Medical Research Institute

OTHER

collaborator

University of Texas

OTHER

lead

Austin Speech Labs

OTHER