Health Condition 1: G938- Other specified disorders of brain
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Speech and Language Therapy using the technique Syntactic Trainer for Agrammatism in Kannada: A novel therapy technique will be developed in this study and will be named the Syntactic T
Sponsors
Not Applicable Yet
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participant should first ever episode of Left Hemisphere stroke resulting in a non-fluent type of aphasia. Participant should be identified with agrammatism Participant should be a native Kannada speaker premorbidly Participants should be able to communicate at least at a word or phrase level. None should have any history of neurological, psychiatric, speech-language, or learning disorders prior to their stroke. Age range: 18-80 years Normal or corrected-to-normal peripheral vision and hearing acuity Should have obtained minimum scholastic education up to 7th standard with Kannada being one of the languages studied in the curriculum. Participants should be able to name at least 10 out of 20 random nouns and 10 out of 20 random verbs on confrontation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Severe aphasia with no verbal output (i.e. individuals with global aphasia and severe Brocaâ??s aphasia). Presence of oral or verbal apraxia Presence of premorbid left handedness Aphasia quotient scores less than 20
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Performance of the participants on the language test Syntactic Analyzer for Agrammatism in KannadaTimepoint: Baseline evaluation before starting therapy. Re evaluation following 15, 30, 45 sessions of therapy. Follow up evaluation after a gap of 30 days following 45th session. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not ApplicableTimepoint: Not Applicable | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactWasim Ahmed
School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Outcome results
None listed