Multisensory Rehabilitation of Hemianopia

Last updated: March 28, 2025
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Vision Loss

Treatment

multisensory rehabilitation paradigm

Clinical Study ID

NCT04963075
IRB00074687
  • Ages 18-85
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The current proposal is to generate "proof of concept" evidence that hemianopia can be successfully rehabilitated in humans when this multisensory rehabilitation paradigm is used.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adults (<85) of either sex

  • diagnosis of a stable homonymous hemianopia (>6 months) with absence of hemineglect

  • lesion encompassing at least primary visual cortex but sparing parietal cortex

  • normal auditory and cognitive function

  • willingness to participate in the three month program

  • ability to perform the visual discriminations in their intact field

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • adults (>85)

  • normal auditory and cognitive function

  • unwilling to participate in the three month program

  • inability to perform the visual discriminations in their intact field

Study Design

Total Participants: 6
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: multisensory rehabilitation paradigm
Phase:
Study Start date:
September 22, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
July 31, 2025

Study Description

The over-arching objective is to evaluate the functional recovery of vision in hemianopic patients engaged with a multisensory training paradigm. Unilaterally blind participants will participate in weekly training sessions in which they are exposed to high-density spatiotemporally congruent and consistent visual-auditory stimulation. The participants will be tested on a battery of visual tasks probing different levels of function in different environments in a longitudinal study to track recovery.

Connect with a study center

  • Wake Forest Health Sciences

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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