Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning in Naming Treatment for Aphasia

PHASE2RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

30

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 27, 2023

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2027

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2028

Conditions
AphasiaStroke
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Accuracy-maximized condition

Naming treatment condition in which the target will be immediately provided for repetition at picture onset.

BEHAVIORAL

Effort-maximized condition

Naming treatment condition in which participants will have up to 10 seconds to respond before the target is provided for repetition.

BEHAVIORAL

Effort-accuracy balanced condition

Naming treatment condition in which naming deadlines will be determined based on the balanced effort-to-accuracy benefit ratio formalized above, calculated on clinician-provided accuracy and response time ratings. Deadlines will be recalculated session-by-session to adjust to participant-specific treatment gains over time.

Trial Locations (1)

15260

RECRUITING

Language Rehab and Cognition Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

OTHER

collaborator

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

NIH

lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER