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Effect of Community Choir Singing in People With Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia

United States, Canada50 participantsStarted 2024-04-22

Plain-language summary

The goal of this randomized controled trial is to test the effects of assigning people with chronic post-stroke aphasia to 12 weekly choir sessions, compared to usual care. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the assignment to a choir singing program causes a beneficial effect on functional communication and language recovery as well as psychosocial outcomes compared to usual care in the rehabilitation of people with chronic post-stroke aphasia? Participants will have: 12 in-person choir-singing sessions (1 session/week, 1,5 h/session, total 18h) conducted by a choir master, and home singing training (3 x 30-minutes-sessions/week, total 18h)

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * People with chronic aphasia following stroke * English or French as language of daily use * Last stroke must have occurred at least 6 months before the start of the first assessments in the study protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Regular music making in the past 6 months * Visual deficit that cannot be corrected and might impair testing * Hearing deficit that cannot be corrected and might impair testing * Presence of neurological/psychiatric co-morbidity or substance abuse * No ability to produce vocal sound through singing/humming * Legally considered unable to make decisions for oneself

What they're measuring

Communication Index

Timeframe: T1 (baseline, week 1), T2 (week 15), T3 (week 16), T4 (week 30), T5 (week 31)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06368323

SponsorUniversity of Ottawa

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-09-30

Contact for this trial

Anna Zumbansen, PhD

613-562-5800 azumbans@uottawa.ca