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Aphasia can significantly influence a person's social relationship and quality of life. To achieve positive language outcomes, an intensive and high-repetition speech therapy is essential. However, due to the limited number of speech therapists, the intensity and frequency of training are often insufficient. Therefore, it is critical to develop other rehabilitation approaches to enhance the benefits of aphasia intervention. Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive and interactive computer simulation technology that can promote the ecological validity of speech therapy. In this study, we develop an innovative VR software for speech training to explore the effects of VR on various aspects of language outcomes.
We randomly assigned study participants into 2 groups: the traditional speech therapy (ST) group and the traditional ST with additional VR training (ST+VR) group. In the ST group, each participant received 1-hour traditional ST for each session. In the ST+VR group, an additional 30-minute VR training was administered immediately after each session of traditional ST. All participants received 3 sessions of treatment every week for 3 weeks. For outcome measurement, we administered Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) at 3 different time points: before treatment, 1 day and 3 months after the completion of treatment.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| traditional speech therapy and additional virtual reality training group | Experimental | Each participant received 1-hour traditional speech therapy(ST) and additional 30-minute VR training immediately after each session of traditional ST. All participants received 3 sessions of treatment every week for 3 weeks. |
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| traditional speech therapy group | Active Comparator | Each participant received 1-hour traditional speech therapy(ST) only for each session. All participants received 3 sessions of treatment every week for 3 weeks. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| virtual reality speech training | Other | virtual reality speech training that focuses on receptive and expressive aspects of language, through a newly developed interactive virtual reality software |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) scores at 1 day after treatment | CCAT total scores and scores of subtests, including conversation, description, matching, listening comprehension, expression, reading recognition, sentence repetition, imitation, spontaneous writing | Baseline and at 1 day after total treatments complete |
| Changes of Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) scores at 3 months after treatment | CCAT total scores and scores of subtests, including conversation, description, matching, listening comprehension, expression, reading recognition, sentence repetition, imitation, spontaneous writing | Baseline and at 3 months after total treatments complete |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Po-Yi Tsai, MD | Contact | 886-2-2871-2121 | 7364 | pytsai@vghtpe.gov.tw |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Taipei Veterans General Hospital | Recruiting | Taipei | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001037 | Aphasia |
| D020521 | Stroke |
| ID | Term |
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| D013064 | Speech Disorders |
| D007806 | Language Disorders |
| D003147 | Communication Disorders |
| D019954 | Neurobehavioral Manifestations |
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| traditional speech therapy | Other | traditional speech therapy in current clinical use, that focuses on language comprehension, naming, fluency, repetition. |
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| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |