Perceiving the emotion in communication by persons with combined visual and auditory impairment

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing loss; vision loss; auditory impairment; visual impairment; 10019243; 10047518

• Registration Number: NL-OMON45546
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

Age > 18 years
Healthy, other than visual and auditory impairments (for patient group)
Native Dutch speaker

Exclusion Criteria

Neurological or other psychological disorder
Known linguistic or speech disorders (such as dyslexia)
Non-native Dutch speaker
Not capable of understanding instructions and actively participating in experiments
Use of medication that influences the functioning of the brain (such as antidepressants)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main outcome of these studies will be the differences in psychophysical<br /><br>performance measures (identification accuracy, detection sensitivity, response<br /><br>time), eye-tracking, and physiological measures (BOLD responses) due to HI and<br /><br>VI.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>A secondary outcome is the effect of amount and type of audio and video<br /><br>distortion on emotion perception on the same behavioural and physiological<br /><br>measures.</p><br>