170
Participants
Start Date
January 1, 2022
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2024
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2026
Digital recording of speech and swallow sounds using the Beiwe Digital Health App on a personal smartphone
\[Patients only\] Weekly completion of audio recordings of speech and swallowing performed at home by the subject using the study smartphone application on their personal device.
Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS)
\[Patients only\] MBSS is an instrumented evaluation of oropharyngeal swallowing function that is performed using videofluoroscopy.
Speech Intelligibility Test (SIT)
\[Patients only\] The SIT is a standardized test for measuring speech intelligibility.
SIT Scoring
\[Listeners only\] Listeners will judge the intelligibility of speech recordings made by patients in the study.
Hershey Medical Center ALS Clinic, Hershey
Penn State University
OTHER
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
FED
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
OTHER