Reading Outcomes in Children With Vestibular Loss
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
Vestibular loss can co-occur with hearing loss causing dual sensory deficits. This project examines vestibular loss as a contributing factor to reading difficulties for children with hearing loss, where previously only the effects of hearing loss and subsequent language difficulties have been considered. These results are expected to influence the identification and habilitation of vestibular loss in children with hearing loss.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 8
Maximum Age: 14
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Children will be required to have nonverbal problem-solving/intelligence scores within 1.5 SD of the mean (mean = 100, SD = 15, 1.5 SD of mean = 77 - 123).
• Children with normal hearing must have thresholds ≤20 dB HL from 0.25 to 8 kHz.
• Children with hearing loss must have pure-tone averages \> 65 dB HL.
Locations
United States
Nebraska
Boys Town National Research Hospital
RECRUITING
Omaha
Contact Information
Primary
Kristen L Janky, PhD
kristen.janky@boystown.org
15313556535
Backup
Jessie N Patterson, PhD
jessie.patterson@boystown.org
15313556333
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-06-06
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 90
Treatments
Children with Normal Hearing
typically developing children with normal hearing (thresholds ≤ 20 dB HL from 0.25 to 8 kHz) age-matched to the children with hearing loss
Children with hearing loss and normal vestibular function
Children with hearing loss will have a pure-tone average (PTA) \> 65 dB and normal vestibular evaluation.
children with hearing loss and vestibular loss
Children with hearing loss will have a pure-tone average (PTA) \> 65 dB and and varying degree of vestibular loss (i.e., unilateral or bilateral).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Father Flanagan's Boys' Home