Purpose

Researchers at UT Health are looking for participants with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion for a VIRTUAL communication study to improve treatments for adults with concussion. The study will involve completing an online survey regarding language skills and performance. Researchers are also looking for both healthy individuals and those with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion to participate in a collaborative research study between UT Health San Antonio and UTSA to improve treatments for adults with concussion. The study will involve completing language tasks while brain waves are recorded at the UTSA Wicha Brain, Language and Cognition Research Lab.

Category

IRB Number
20180496HU
NCT Number
-
Open to Enrollment
Yes
Sponsor
-



Study Contact

Rocio Norman
(210) 450-8352
normanr@uthscsa.edu

Principal Investigator
Rocio Norman

Rocio Norman
(210) 450-8352
normanr@uthscsa.edu

Margaux Martinez
ReynaM2@uthscsa.edu



Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 and 55
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

    Healthy adult English speaker, with or without concussion history.

Exclusion Criteria

    i) History of pre-injury medical or neurological disease affecting the brain (other than mTBI) or language disability. 

    ii) Failure of hearing screening test using air conduction threshold of 30 dB HL or better in one ear (averaged across 500,1000 and 2000 Hz). 

    iii) Indication of a health-care surrogate on medical record or by self-report.  


Study Design

one time cross sectional study

Arm Groups