Development and testing of new approaches for the diagnosis of apraxia of speech in German-speaking countries

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033373

Enrollment

109

Registered

2025-04-24

Start date

2025-01-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

R47.0 R47.1

Interventions

Group 1: Patients with apraxia of speech and/or aphasia are examined once with two apraxia of speech tests Group 2: Test subjects without language impairment are examined once with two speech apraxia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: for patients: Presence of apraxia of speech and/or dysarthria for test persons: standardised language skills

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: for patients & test subjects: persons who are not capable of giving consent and who do not have legal guardianship for test subjects: Presence of a language impairment for patients: Presence of a degenerative language impairment; presence of dysarthria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The presence and severity of apraxia of speech are determined using two apraxia of speech examination forms: Hierarchische Wortlisten (HWL)-Kompakt by Ziegler et al., 2019 and Screening for Apraxia of Speech (S-SPRAX) 2nd version by Spath et al. (unpublished) at the beginning of the rehabilitation stay, in comparison to the clinical assessment by 3 raters	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The aim is to construct a test procedure that can provide a cut-off value for the presence and severity of apraxia of speech.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBruno Fimm

Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Klinik für Neurologie

bfimm@ukaachen.de+49 241 80 89619

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026