Speech Entrainment for Aphasia Recovery (SpARc) phase II trial design.

Background: and purpose: Speech entrainment therapy (SET) is a computerized therapeutic approach that involves mimicking an audiovisual speech model to improve speech production. In a pilot study using SET for treatment of post-stroke non-fluent aphasia, significant gains were achieved in verbs per minute (VPM) during discourse using untrained items 1 and 6 weeks after treatment, suggesting that SET may yield meaningful improvements in fluent spontaneous speech for individuals with non-fluent aphasia

Methods: The Speech Entrainment for Aphasia Recovery (SpARc) trial is a prospective, randomized, assessor-blinded, multicenter phase II clinical trial studying persons with chronic post-stroke non-fluent aphasia. Participants will be randomized to 3 weeks, 4.

Surgical correction of trismus in a child with Hecht syndrome.

Hecht syndrome is a rare condition that is also known as trismus pseudocamptodactyly syndrome. Short muscle and tendon units limiting the range of motion of upper and lower extremities and mouth characterize this disorder of muscle development. There is no consensus on the optimal treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis in this patient population.