Functional Connectivity and Predictors of Affective Aprosodia Intervention in Subacute Right Hemisphere Stroke
Right Hemispheric Stroke
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Right Hemispheric Stroke focused on measuring Prosody, Emotion, Stroke, Speech therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ischemic stroke to the right cerebral hemisphere
- No history of other significant neurological disease or injury affecting the brain (excluding prior lacunar stroke, asymptomatic stroke, or TIA)
- Proficient speaker of English prior to stroke per self-report
- Capable of providing informed consent or indicating another to provide informed consent
- Ages 18-89
- Demonstration of receptive and/or expressive aprosodia on standardized measures of aprosodia
- Does not have severe cognitive impairment (MoCA > 9)
- Is not severely depressed (PHQ-9 < 20)
- Does not have more than mild motor speech impairment (ASRS < 16 and Dysarthria severity < 3)
- Normal or corrected-to-normal hearing and vision via screening tasks and self-report
- Medically stable
- Not taking any medications that may interfere with prosody processing
Sites / Locations
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Arm 5
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
Explicit Expressive Prosody Intervention
Implicit Expressive Prosody Intervention
Explicit Receptive Prosody Intervention
Implicit Receptive Prosody Intervention
No-Intervention
Explicit cues will be provided to help participants improve expression of targeted affective prosody.
Implicit cues will be provided to help participants improve expression of targeted affective prosody.
Explicit cues will be provided to help participants improve recognition of targeted affective prosody.
Implicit cues will be provided to help participants improve recognition of targeted affective prosody.
Sessions will comprise conversation about current events, recovery progress (including speech therapy goals targeted in outside intervention [if relevant]), hobbies, and other similar topics.