The melody of speech in children with cochlear implants
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Early (under 2 years) and late (after 2 years) unilateral or bilateral cochlear implantationVroege (onder de 2 jaar) en late (na de 2 jaar) unilaterale of bilaterale cochleaire implantatie
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21603
- Lead Sponsor
- eiden University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
a) Early Implanted Group. Having undergone cochlear implantation before the age of 1;6; having used the implant for a gross duration of between 3;0 and 3;6 years. Half of them are left implanted and half right implanted.
b) Late Implanted Group. Having undergone cochlear implantation before the age of 3;0 and 4;0; having used the implant for a gross duration of between the 3;0 and 3;6 years. Half of them are left implanted and half right implanted.
Exclusion Criteria
a/b) Early Implanted Group. Reported medical problems related to the CI; multilingual development; bilateral implantation.
c/d/e) Control groups. Reported audiological or psychosocial problems; multilingual development
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method percentage correct; reaction time; Percentile score; acoustic analysis of speech: means and standard deviations of fundamental frequency measures; in Hz) intensity masures (in dB), jitter (as ppq5), shimmer (a quotient of amplitude variablity)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Same as the primary outcomes