Aphasia ID Cards and Service Worker Understanding Study
This study is looking at whether Aphasia identification (ID) cards can help service workers better understand people with aphasia (a language disorder that affects how you speak, understand, read, and write). Researchers want to see if these cards, which explain aphasia and ask for time to communicate, improve how well service workers understand sentences with long pauses or speech errors. The study is for healthy volunteers between 18 and 59 years old who work in service, understand English well, and have a high school diploma. You cannot have a language disorder, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, or a history of acquired neurological disorder. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 160 participants.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 160 healthy volunteers. Researchers will compare how well participants understand people with aphasia when they have seen an Aphasia ID card versus when they haven't.
- What's involved
- You would visit the study site for a single session, which will last about 2 hours.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your comprehension accuracy will be measured at 5 minutes post-intervention.
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Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Service Workers' Comprehension of People With Aphasia
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06990997
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
UMass Amherst Henry M. Thomas III Center at Springfield
Springfield, Massachusettsstudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Jennifer Mack, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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What this trial measures
- Comprehension accuracy for sentences with long pauses in the Service Request Comprehension Task5 minutes post-intervention
Percent correct mouse-click responses on the Service Request Comprehension Task for sentences with long pauses. The Service Request Comprehension Task measures participants' comprehension and processing of language produced by a speaker with aphasia.
- Comprehension accuracy for sentences with paraphasias in the Service Request Comprehension Task5 minutes post-intervention
Percent correct mouse-click responses on the Service Request Comprehension Task for sentences with paraphasias (word-retrieval errors). The Service Request Comprehension Task measures participants' comprehension and processing of language produced by a speaker with aphasia.