Efficacy of narrative-based language intervention on narrative production structures in cochlear implanted childre

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• Conditions: Hearing Loss.; Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

• Registration Number: IRCT201704247657N3
• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Siences, Vice chancellor for research

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria consist of: Pre-lingual profound sensory-neural hearing loss; unilateral cochlear implantation (CI) before aged 5 years; having the 22 processors CI prosthesis; using the hearing aid on contra-lateral ear; able to sentence production; to roll at least 1 year from cochlear implantation; orally Persian as the preferred language in children's family; aged between 5 to 17 years; having the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) ability in normal range; no known eyesight disorders; learning disabilities or co-morbidity such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD); motor disorders; Mental Retardation (MR); autism; and so on; nonexistence of the history of narrative interventions; lack of the story-telling ability whether due to speech therapy or self-learning.
Exclusion criteria consist of: Family's or child's discontent to continue of the study; to be broken down the cochlear implant prosthesis for more than 2 weeks; to fall sick so that intervention process has to be disrupted for more than 3 weeks (except common colds).

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified