Speech Motor Learning and Retention (Master Protocol)

ConditionSpeech
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-40
SponsorYale University

About this trial

The overall goal of this research is to test a new model of speech motor learning, whose central hypothesis is that learning and retention are associated with plasticity not only in motor areas of the brain but in auditory and somatosensory regions as well.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Fluent English speakers

Right-handed

Normal hearing

No speech disorder or reading disability

Disqualifiers

Cardiac pacemaker

Aneurysm clip

Heart or Vascular clip

Prosthetic valve

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS)
  • Adaptation
  • Single pulse Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
  • fMRI

Treatment groups

330 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Yale University

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Collaborator