British Academy ARP DALIP
Research type
Research Study
Full title
British Academy ARP DALIP: Collating data from Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging of individuals with acquired language impairments
IRAS ID
187022
Contact name
Lotte Meteyard
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Reading
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 9 months, 31 days
Research summary
The ability to communicate can be impaired after a brain injury such as a stroke or a traumatic brain injury. Communication impairments have a significant impact on people's lives, reducing their participation in day-to-day events, cutting them off from friends and family and leading to a high incidence of mental health problems. Understanding how to help people with communication impairments is ranked as one of the highest priorities for stroke research by stroke survivors (James Lind Alliance Research).
Although there is considerable interest in undertaking research into acquired communication impairments, research progress can be hampered by difficulties in recruiting participants and in collecting data. This leads to small samples sizes and problems in generalising conclusions to the wider population. One method of addressing the problem of small sample size is to collect a large body of research data over time and to share this data nationally and internationally with other researchers, allowing them to undertake their own research studies in their area of expertise.
This study will collect neuropsychology (e.g. language tests) and neuroimaging (e.g. MRI brain scans) data from a large population of individuals with acquired communication impairments. Anonymised data will be shared with other researchers. This will enable them to undertake research studies into the causes and recovery from communication impairments after brain injury.
REC name
South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/SC/0679
Date of REC Opinion
25 Apr 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion