This federal Project Grant award of $601,672 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under CFDA program 93.173 "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders" will support research to better understand the relationship between aging, brain integrity, and chronic aphasia among stroke survivors. The key objectives of the 5-year research project are to: 1) examine the influence of cardiovascular risk factors and protective cognitive...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $2,731,341 Project Grant (CFDA 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The grant, awarded on August 7, 2024, will fund a study examining the effects of continuous theta burst stimulation (a type of transcranial magnetic stimulation) combined with a modified...
This federal Project Grant award of $404,212 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under CFDA Program 93.173 (Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) aims to investigate whether Aphasia Identification (ID) cards can improve unfamiliar communication partners' comprehension of individuals with aphasia. The award will fund a randomized controlled trial enrolling 160 service workers to evaluate the impact of Aphasia ID cards on the...
The federal Project Grant award R21DC022357 was provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173) program. The $466,746 award, with a project period from Sep 2024 to Aug 2026, aims to develop a complexity model of aphasia to better understand the widespread impact of this language disorder on a person's life. The project will leverage a large existing dataset of 61 persons with...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. a $429,000 Project Grant under the NIDCD Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The grant will fund research to enhance the effectiveness of a linguistically-motivated therapy called Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) in improving language recovery and quality of life for stroke survivors with aphasia. The project aims to determine if...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $146,816 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant supports a 3-year research project to assess semantic encoding and decoding models in stroke-induced aphasia. The project aims to 1) adapt existing semantic decoding approaches for people with aphasia, 2) develop semantic decoding approaches that do not...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), is funding a study to evaluate the effects of high-intensity physical exercise training on language and cognitive recovery in individuals with post-stroke aphasia. The $702,315 award, effective May 15, 2025 through April 30, 2030, will support the recruitment of 110 aphasia patients to compare...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $650,820 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant will fund research to investigate the neural bases of stuttering, with a focus on examining the anatomy and functional connectivity of key motor cortical regions involved in speech production. The proposed studies aim to provide a mechanistic,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under CFDA 93.173, "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders", provides $108,512 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to conduct research on brain network-based language system neuromodulation for aphasia. The award supports two key aims: 1) studying how brain network controllability influences healthy language production and how neuromodulation...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), provides $457,935 to study the effects of combining continuous theta burst stimulation (a type of transcranial magnetic stimulation) with a modified form of constraint-induced language therapy to treat mild post-stroke aphasia. The primary recipient, The Trustees of the University of...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $129,300 Project Grant under the CFDA 93.173 "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders" program to The Ohio State University. The project, titled "Sources and Self-Management of Chronic Stress in People with Aphasia", will explore perceptions of stress related to communication in people with aphasia (PWA) to enhance long-term outcomes and promote communicative participation. The research will utilize a mixed methods approach, including patient-reported outcome measures and semi-structured interviews, to identify sources of chronic stress and self-management strategies used by PWA. Additionally, the project will collect longitudinal stress and coping data via ecological momentary assessments. The findings are expected to inform future interventions addressing chronic stress as a barrier to communicative participation for individuals with aphasia. The project period runs from January 31, 2025 to August 15, 2026.