Musician effect in normal hearing children and prelingually deafened pediatric and adolescent/adult CI users.

Completed

• Conditions: deafness; Hearing impairment; 10019243

• Registration Number: NL-OMON42039
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 23 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Test group 1: 25 musically trained healthy participants (start musical training before the age of 7 and with 5 or more years musical experience), 11 to 18 years of age, with normal hearing, native Dutch speakers
• Test group 2: 25 non-musically trained healthy participants (no formal musical training < 7 years ago before the testing),11 to 18 years of age, with normal hearing, native Dutch speakers
• Test group 3: 30 pediatric prelingually deafened CI users, native Dutch speakers
• Test group 4: 30 adolescent/adult prelingually deafened CI users, native Dutch speakers
• Control group: healthy participants, 175 in younger group (4 to 10 years of age), and 175 in older group (11 to 18 years of age), with normal hearing, native Dutch speakers. Musical training is not an inclusion criterion here, as the control group will provide baseline control data of a developmental trajectory to which the test data will be compared to.

Exclusion Criteria

A history of neurological and psychiatric disorders
Other mother language than Dutch
Hearing impairment (only applicable in normal hearing participants)
Multiple handicapted (only applicable in prelingually deafened CI users);Only applicable for the younger population:
Developmental disorders
Cognitive disabilities
Multiple handicaps

Study & Design

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Investigate the effect of musical experience and training on the perception of<br /><br>speech in quiet and in noise, and music perception using pitch, timbre and<br /><br>melody and emotion recognition in normal hearing listeners and cochlear implant<br /><br>users. The main study parameters are the percentage correct scores on each<br /><br>test.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Not applicable</p><br>