Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Service Workers' Comprehension of People With Aphasia
Effects of Aphasia Identification Cards on Comprehension of Aphasic Language by Unfamiliar Communication Partners
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
160 participants
Sep 22, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether healthy volunteers are more successful at understanding people with aphasia if they have first viewed an aphasia identification (ID) card. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of the language errors made by people with aphasia? * Does viewing an aphasia ID card improve healthy volunteers' understanding of people with aphasia who make long pauses in their speech? Researchers will compare aphasia ID cards to a control condition (no ID card) to see whether aphasia ID cards improve healthy volunteers' understanding. Healthy volunteers will visit the study site for a single session (about 2 hours long). During the session they will: * Complete brief tests of their vision, hearing and thinking * Listen to sentences produced by a speaker with aphasia while their eye movements are recorded * Complete a survey about the experience of listening to the speaker with aphasia
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Adult age 18-59
- Currently employed as a service worker
- Understand spoken and written English well
- High school diploma or equivalency
- Normal vision or corrected vision with glasses or contact lenses
Exclusion Criteria4
- Language disorder
- Hearing impairment
- Intellectual disability
- History of acquired neurological disorder (e.g., stroke or moderate/severe brain injury)
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Interventions
Participants will view an aphasia ID card for a speaker with aphasia. The card will disclose the speaker's aphasia, define aphasia, and request time to communicate.
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NCT06990997