Virtual Reality in Aphasia Rehabilitation

NCT ID: NCT06200025

Last Updated: 2024-01-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 102 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-10-15
• Study Completion Date: 2023-09-15

Brief Summary

Virtual reality-based aphasia rehabilitation has been shown to improve the language skills of individuals with aphasia in the chronic period after stroke. However, non-immersive or semi-immersive rehabilitation methods have often been adopted in the studies. Considering the importance of the visual given to the patient for naming, it can be thought that full immersive therapy may be more effective. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cue-based aphasia naming therapy in a fully immersive virtual reality environment on aphasia severity and aphasia-related quality of life and to compare it with standard cue treatments.

Conditions

Stroke, Ischemic; Aphasia

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Virtual Reality Group

visual and auditory cue-based aphasia rehabilitation program in full immersive virtual reality

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cue-based speech therapy in virtual reality

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treatment applied with virtual reality headsets to provide 3d visual and auditory cues to individuals in a virtual environment. A treatment environment where the provision of cues can be controlled by the therapist, interacting with 3d clues and receiving feedback on the accuracy of the named objects.

Conventional Group

visual and auditory cue-based aphasia rehabilitation program

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cue-based speech therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treatment involving the assessment of language skills and the presentation of communication strategies to the individual, including the use of personalized phonological cues.

Interventions

Cue-based speech therapy in virtual reality

Treatment applied with virtual reality headsets to provide 3d visual and auditory cues to individuals in a virtual environment. A treatment environment where the provision of cues can be controlled by the therapist, interacting with 3d clues and receiving feedback on the accuracy of the named objects.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Cue-based speech therapy

Treatment involving the assessment of language skills and the presentation of communication strategies to the individual, including the use of personalized phonological cues.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with non-fluent aphasia by a neurologist
• at least 4 months after stroke
• A score of 29 and above on the language score sub-item of the GAT scale

Exclusion Criteria

• severe sensory impairments (vision, hearing) that prevent participation in therapies
• severe motor dysfunction
• apraxia
• neglect
• dementia
• psychiatric disorders
• 3D vision problems

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Abant Izzet Baysal University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ramazan KURUL

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ramazan Kurul, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Locations

Faculty of Health Sciences Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University

Bolu, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

AIBU-FTR-BENLI-006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id