Effect of Community Choir Singing in People With Chronic Post-stroke Aphasia
ConditionAphasia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Ottawa
About this trial
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)
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
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.
Disqualifiers
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
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Choir singing
- Usual care
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
4Canada
University of OttawaK1N 6N5, OttawaOntario, Canada
Toronto Metropolitan UniversityM5B 0C3, TorontoOntario, Canada
Université de MontréalH3C 3J7, MontrealQuebec, Canada
United States
University of South Florida33620, TampaFlorida, United States
Sponsors and collaborators
University of Ottawa
Lead sponsor
Toronto Metropolitan University
Collaborator
Université de Montréal
Collaborator
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Collaborator
University of South Florida
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov