Contribution of the Somatosensory System to Speech Perceptual Processing

Speech Clinical Trial

Official title:

Contribution of the Somatosensory System to Speech Perceptual Processing Aim 3

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04818021
• Other study ID #: 2000025475_b
• Secondary ID: R01DC017439
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: David Ostry
• Phone: 2038656163
• Email: david.ostry[@]yale.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

These studies test the hypothesis that the repeated pairing of somatosensory inputs with speech sounds, such as occurs during speech motor learning, results in changes to the perceptual classification of speech sounds.

Description:

This study will assess changes to the perceptual classification of speech sounds that are related to repeated pairing of somatosensory and auditory inputs (as would occur during speech motor learning). Before and after the training, base-line and post-training auditory perceptual performance will be examined in the absence of somatosensory stimulation, in order to evaluate the effects of the pairing on speech perception. Perceptual classification and speech motor learning will both be assessed on a 0 to 100 scale.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• right handed adults

• no known physical or neurological abnormalities

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with:

• cardiac pacemaker

• surgical clips or values on the heart

• implants

• metal or metallic fragments in any part of the body

• pregnancy

• claustrophobia

• a personal or family history of epilepsy

• currently taking antipsychotic drugs

• currently taking antidepressant drugs

• currently taking antianxiety drugs.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Consolidation
• Speech

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Adaptation
Sensorimotor adaptation in speech
• Facial Skin Stretch
Facial skin stretch

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	McGill University	Montréal	Quebec

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University	McGill University, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Speech Motor Learning	Learning is assessed as the change in speech sounds (speech formant frequencies) on a 0 to 100 scale.	Performance as measured at the end of learning (30 minute session)
Primary	Speech Perception	Auditory speech perception evaluates auditory classification and is assessed on a 0 to 100 scale. All conditions of skin stretch involve the same speech perception task.	Perception is evaluated prior to and after perceptual training (30 minute session)