Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Speech Motor Learning and Retention (Aim 3)

Lead Sponsor:

Yale University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Conditions:

Speech

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-40 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

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...

Detailed Description

The focus of this registration is Aim 3. Excitability will be assessed. In Aim 3, resting-state fMRI will be interleaved with speech motor adaptation, again using Harvard Sentences. Additional scans a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Fluent English speakers
  • Right-handed
  • Normal hearing
  • No speech disorder or reading disability

Exclusion

  • Cardiac pacemaker
  • Aneurysm clip
  • Heart or Vascular clip
  • Prosthetic valve
  • Metal implants
  • Metal in brain, skull, or spinal cord
  • Implanted neurostimulator
  • Medication infusion device
  • Cochlear implant or tinnitus (ringing in ears)
  • Personal and/or family history of epilepsy or other neurological disorders or history of head concussion
  • Psychoactive medications
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2026

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 31 2029

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06492252

Start Date

February 1 2026

End Date

May 31 2029

Last Update

November 21 2025

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Yale Child Study Center

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520