Music may boost attention and language in stroke survivors
NCT ID NCT07198048
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether listening to music for 30 minutes a day for 8 weeks can improve attention, language, and quality of life in people with aphasia after a stroke. Researchers will compare music listening to audiobook listening and a control group. The trial involves 45 adults who are at least 6 months post-stroke and have mild aphasia.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- music listening
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to improve attention and language in people with aphasia after a stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 45 participants. The intervention is behavioral, so results may be modest and not apply to everyone with aphasia.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Adults at least 18 years of age Individuals who have had a stroke and are at least 6 month post stroke Individuals are able to answer 4 questions to determine ability to consent (What is your name, what is the day/date, where are you , and why are we having this conversation). Have normal or corrected to normal hearing Have normal or corrected to normal vision Have no issues with color blindness Individuals who have at least mild aphasia on the Western Aphasia Battery Revised Speaks American English Exclusion Criteria: Individuals who meet the inclusion criteria, but are unwilling to travel to the ABC Lab at Purdue University for in person testing and do not have a laptop or desktop with a web camera that they could participate online with, will be excluded. Individuals who have had a dementia diagnosis or attention disorder pre stroke will be excluded.
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