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 groupsSponsors 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