Clinical trial NCT03867032: Auditory Training With Speech Related Acoustic Cues Using Psychophysical Testing
Official title: Auditory Training With Speech Related Acoustic Cues Using Psychophysical Testing
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Deafness
Lead sponsor: East Carolina University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-03-07
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: In this study, the investigators will evaluate whether auditory training with speech-related acoustic features in psychophysical testing will help CI subjects improve speech recognition. The primary endpoint is the speech recognition measures.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Native speakers of English
* Cochlear Nucleus cochlear implant users or Advanced Bionics users
* Postlingually deafened
* Has had device experience for at least one year
* Can be child or adult at the time of enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: speech recognition after training
timeFrame: starting 12 months after the award and will take up to 3.5 years to complete
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