Testing naming treatment methods for word-finding trouble after stroke
Tests how timed picture-naming practice helps adults with aphasia after stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning in Naming Treatment for Aphasia
Key facts
- Where
- Pittsburgh, United StatesSee the site
- Phase
- Phase 2
Where in United States
- Language Rehab and Cognition Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of PittsburghPittsburgh, United StatesTaking people
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- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Pittsburgh
- Trial code
- NCT05653440
- Record updated
- 13 April 2026
- Original description
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by stroke and other acquired brain injuries that affects over two million people in the United States and which interferes with life participation and quality of life. Anomia (i.e., word- finding difficulty) is a primary frustration for people with aphasia. Picture-based naming treatments for anomia are widely used in aphasia rehabilitation, but current treatment approaches do not address the long-term retention of naming abilities and do not focus on using these naming abilities in daily life. The current research aims to evaluate novel anomia treatment approaches to improve long-term retention and generalization to everyday life.Read full original descriptionShow less
Integrating Complementary Learning Principles in Aphasia Rehabilitation Via Adaptive Modeling (Sub-study 1: Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning Via Adaptive Naming Deadlines)
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by stroke and other acquired brain injuries that affects over two million people in the United States and which interferes with life participation and quality of life. Anomia (i.e., word- finding difficulty) is a primary frustration for people with aphasia. Picture-based naming treatments for anomia are widely used in aphasia rehabilitation, but current treatment approaches do not address the long-term retention of naming abilities and do not focus on using these naming abilities in daily life. The current research aims to evaluate novel anomia treatment approaches to improve long-term retention and generalization to everyday life.
This study is one of two that are part of a larger grant. This record is for sub-study 1, which will adaptively balance effort and accuracy using speeded naming deadlines.
Inclusion: Existing diagnosis of chronic (>6 months) aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke; Impaired performance on 2/8 sections of the Comprehensive Aphasia Test.
Exclusion: Unmanaged drug / alcohol dependence; History of other acquired or progressive neurological disease; Severe diagnosed mood or behavioral disorders that require specialize mental health interventions; Significant language comprehension impairments.