The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), awarded a $457,935 Project Grant (R21DC021833) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The award will fund a study to investigate 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 chronic, mild post-stroke aphasia in 24 subjects. The primary outcome will be change in language performance measures at 4 months post-treatment. The study will also explore the effects on non-linguistic cognitive functions. The University of Pennsylvania has subcontracted with Temple University to contribute to transcription, scoring, and analysis of language samples as part of this research project.
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