Music Appreciation After Cochlear Implantation
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This project aims to characterize the emergence of music appreciation in people who have suffered hearing loss and have been provided with partial restoration of hearing through cochlear implantation. Music appreciation is complex and transverses multiple domains including hearing acuity, speech and language acquisition, and quality of life. By studying these relationships in people who have been given partial hearing restoration, the investigators will clarify the role of music for promoting recovery from debilitating loss.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 13
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Teenage and adult cochlear implant users
Locations
United States
California
Keck School of Medicine of USC
RECRUITING
Los Angeles
Contact Information
Primary
Ray Goldsworthy
raymond.goldsworthy@med.usc.edu
2132223384
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-10-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-10-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 120
Treatments
Experimental: Auditory
Group receives training on listening to musical pitch differences between sounds as the first component of a crossover trial. The intervention is the listening exercises. Exercises are completed daily as 30-minute sessions for 4 weeks. Hearing assessment outcomes of speech comprehension in background noise and of musical pitch sensitivity are conducted at baseline and at midpoint and endpoint.
Active_comparator: Visual
Group receives training on visual differences between objects on a computer screen as the first component of a crossover trial. This is a control measure for the auditory training exercises. Exercises are completed daily as 30-minute sessions for 4 weeks. Hearing assessment outcomes of speech comprehension in background noise and of musical pitch sensitivity are conducted at baseline and at midpoint and endpoint.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of California, Merced, Ohio State University
Leads: University of Southern California