Comparison of word fluency in normal hearing, hearing impaired and hearing aid users

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: H903- Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/11/047503
• Lead Sponsor: akshmi Satheesan

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Yet Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Individuals who pass the ACE-III test with a cut-off score of 86, individuals who use Kannada as the language for communication. Individuals with bilateral hearing thresholds within 25 dB HL (Normal hearing population). Post lingually acquired hearing loss, individuals with a degree of hearing loss between moderate to severe (Hearing impaired population). Individuals with a minimum of 3 months hearing aid use either in one or both ears, Aided performance must be within the speech spectrum (Hearing aid users)

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals who have had a brain injury, epilepsy, stroke, or neurological conditions in the past, individuals with a history of mental/emotional problems, individuals with profound hearing loss, individuals with recurrent middle ear infections during childhood

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Verbal fluency (Number of correct words per min)Timepoint: 20 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of switches and clusters (count per min)Timepoint: 40 min