Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Service Workers' Comprehension of People With Aphasia

Part of paid clinical trials in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Study ID
NCT06990997
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Aphasia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 59 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Aphasia identification (ID) card — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will view an aphasia ID card for a speaker with aphasia. The card will disclose the speaker's aphasia, define aphasia, and request time to communicate.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether healthy volunteers are more successful at understanding people with aphasia if they have first viewed an aphasia identification (ID) card. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of the language errors made by people with aphasia? * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of people with aphasia who make long pauses in their speech? Researchers will compare aphasia ID cards to a control condition (no ID card) to see whether aphasia ID cards improve healthy volunteers' understanding. Healthy volunteers will visit the study site for a single session (about 2 hours long). During the session they will: * Complete brief tests of their vision, hearing and thinking * Listen to sentences produced by a speaker with aphasia while their eye movements are recorded * Complete a survey about the experience of listening to the speaker with aphasia

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 22, 2025
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2026
Completion
Aug 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Aphasia Identification Card
    Participants will view an aphasia ID card for a speaker with aphasia. The card will disclose the speaker's aphasia, define aphasia, and request time to communicate.
  • No Intervention: No Card
    Participants in this arm will not receive an intervention.

Primary Outcome Measure

Comprehension accuracy for sentences with long pauses in the Service Request Comprehension Task [ Time Frame: 5 minutes post-intervention ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
UMass Amherst Henry M. Thomas III Center at SpringfieldSpringfieldMassachusetts01115
Jennifer E Mack, PhD
[email protected]
413-545-8468
Jennifer E Mack, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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