About this trial
The investigator proposes to examine the effects of excitatory transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with semantic feature analysis (SFA) language therapy to improve word-finding abilities in stroke survivors with aphasia (SWA).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Diagnosed with left hemisphere stroke
Consent date >= 1 month after stroke onset
Fluent in English
18 years of age or older
Disqualifiers
Severe cognitive, auditory or visual impairments that would preclude cognitive and language testing
Presence of major untreated or unstable psychiatric disease (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disease)
A chronic medical condition that is not treated or is unstable
The presence of cardiac stimulators or pacemakers or intracardiac lines, neurostimulators, medication infusion device, any other implants near the scalp (e.g., cochlear implants) or in the eye, metal in the body (e.g., splinters, fragments, clips)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Precision TMS with SFA
- Control TMS with SFA