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Listener Training for Improved Intelligibility of People With Parkinson's Disease

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Interviews

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Finally, we engage stakeholder input to inform clinical implementation of listener training using qualitative semi-structured interviews (SA3) with patients with PD and their partners."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether listener training helps communication partners better understand speech from people with Parkinson's disease. It is for adults with Parkinson's disease and speech problems, along with their main communication partners.

Listener training offers a promising avenue for improving communication for people with dysarthria due to Parkinson's disease by offsetting the intelligibility burden from the patient onto their primary communication partners. Here, we employ a repeated-measures, randomized controlled trial to establish the efficacy of listener training for patients with PD and their primary communication partners. This translational work will establish a new realm of clinical practice in which the intelligibility impairments in PD are addressed by training partners to better understand dysarthric speech, thus elevating communication outcomes and participation in daily life.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • English is your main language.
  • You are age 18 or older.
  • For patients: You have a medical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
  • For patients: You have a diagnosis of hyperkinetic dysarthria, a speech problem linked to unwanted muscle movements, with its typical signs.

Who can't join

  • You have severe problems with thinking or memory.
  • You are younger than 18.
  • English is not your main language.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Primary language is English * 18 years or older * medical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (patient participants) * speech diagnosis of hyperkinetic dysarthria, exhibiting hallmark characteristics (patient participants) Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive impairment * Less than 18 years of age * Primary language other than English

Study sites (2)

FL

UT