Can a tiny electric current make you better at language?

NCT ID NCT07554105

Recruiting now Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Adrian Guggisberg Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study explores whether a safe, non-invasive brain stimulation technique called transcranial random noise stimulation can temporarily improve language performance. Ninety healthy adults (ages 18-35 or 60-90) will receive both active and placebo stimulation in separate sessions while doing language tasks. The goal is to better understand how the brain processes language, which could eventually help develop new therapies for people with language impairments after brain injury.

What this could mean

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Active substance: transcranial random noise stimulation (device)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could point toward new rehabilitation methods for people with language problems after brain injury.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage study in healthy volunteers, not patients. It only measures immediate effects on language tasks, so any real-world treatment benefit is far off and uncertain.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Language

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HEALTHY ADULT PARTICIPANTS

Contacts and locations

Locations

Division of Neurorehabilitation, University Hospital of Geneva
RECRUITING

Geneva, Canton of Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

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