Speech therapy study for bilingual people with primary progressive aphasia
Part of Brain & nervous system, Hormones & metabolism, Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how well speech-language therapy works in bilingual people with primary progressive aphasia, a condition that gradually affects language. It also tests whether different language skills (Spanish/Catalan or Spanish/English) affect response to treatment.
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Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
- You speak at least two of these languages: Spanish plus Catalan, or Spanish plus English
- If you join the therapy/intervention part: your memory test score must be 15+ on the Mini-Mental State Exam
- If you join only the assessment part: your memory test score must be 10+ on the Mini-Mental State Exam
- You should not have another brain/medical condition or a psychiatric condition that could explain your symptoms
- You should not have serious uncorrected hearing or vision problems that would make testing/therapy hard
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