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Music Training to Reduce Cognitive Decline

Start: January 29, 2018
End: December 2021
Enrollment: 500

What Is This Study About?

This study will explore the effects of music training on central auditory processing, cognition, and everyday function of older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment. Central auditory processing refers to the ability to understand the meaning of sounds. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two types of music training for 10 weeks. The 90-minute sessions will be led by a trainer twice a week in groups of up to 10 people and will include listening to music, learning about music, and learning to read music or play a musical instrument. Before and after the training program, participants will take tests that measure central auditory processing, cognition, and everyday function.

Do I Qualify To Participate in This Study?

Minimum Age: 60 Years

Maximum Age: N/A

Must have:

  • Ability to speak and understand English
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of 20 to 30
  • Intact vision and adequate hearing
  • Music Reading Assessment score of 0 to 18

Must NOT have:

  • Depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale short form score of 5 or more)
  • Previous participation in University of South Florida Cognitive Aging Lab intervention studies
  • Previous participation in 10 or more hours of a computer-based cognitive intervention
  • Current enrollment in another research study
  • Four or more years of formal music training
  • Ability to read music on 2 or more clefs
  • Four or more years playing any one musical instrument
  • Currently practicing or participating in any music activities
  • Difficulty and pain in moving hands or fingers, neuropathy affecting hands, or tremor in either hand
  • Dementia, stroke, serious brain injury, or neurological disorder
  • Transient ischemic attack within the last 18 months
  • Clinical Dementia Rating Scale score of 1 or greater

If I Qualify, Who Do I Contact?

Contact study personnel listed either under the general study contact or the location nearest you.

Need Help?

Contact NIA’s Alzheimer’s and related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center at 800-438-4380 or email ADEAR.

Where Is This Study Located?

Who Sponsors This Study?

Lead: University of South Florida

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03528486

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