R47.0
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Standard protocol of ILAT with language-action embedding
Intensity: 5 sessions per week à 2.5 hours daily for 10 consecutive working days
total: 25 hours of therapy
Group 2: Intensive conventional naming and comprehension therapy
total: 25 hours of therapy
Sponsors
Freie Universität Berlin; Brain Language Laboratory
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ability to give consent; diagnosis of aphasia; time post stroke at least 1 year at enrollment into the study; vascular origin of lesion; left hemispheric lesion; German native speaker; normal (corrected) vision and hearing
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: severe visual or auditory impairment; severe apraxia or agnosia; multiple strokes; additional neurological diseases; withdrawal of consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Standardized language test: Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT), assessment pre and post therapy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1) Amsterdam-Nijmegen Everyday Language Test (ANELT), assessment pre and post therapy (2) Rating scale/questionnaire: Communication Activity Log (CAL), assessment pre and post therapy (3) language test: Communicative-pragmatic naming and requesting test, assessment pre and post therapy (4) Depression scale/questionnaire: Beck's Depression Inventory, assessment pre and post therapy | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactVerena Arndt
Freie Universität Berlin; Brain Language Laboratory
Outcome results
None listed