Dichotic listening training, compensatory strategies and combined therapies on listening abilities of pupils with auditory processing disorders

Completed

• Conditions: Auditory processing disorders; Ear, Nose and Throat

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14142433
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Ibadan

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 20 November 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 460

Inclusion Criteria

1. Pupils identified with listening difficulty without a hearing loss
2. Pupils presenting with auditory processing problems
3. Puils with normal hearing abilities of between 0-25dB
4. Pupils with difficulty hearing in competing background noise or environmental noise
5. Pupils without glue ear
6. Pupils within the age range of 7 years 0 months - 11 years 11 months

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pupils with evidence of hearing loss, intellectual disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
2. Pupils whose Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC IV) are lower than 90
3. Pupils whose scores on the Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT) are less than 20ms
4. Pupils whose scores are less than -0.01 on the Children's Auditory Processing Performance Scale (CHAPPS)
5. Pupils with reading disability

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
istening ability (listening ability without background noise, listening ability with background noise, and sound localisation ability), measured using verbal information/response of the participants before and after each intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-esteem, measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale at baseline