A study to compare the cognitive abilities between elder(aged) individuals who are having hearing loss and who are not having hearing loss.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/08/020784
- Lead Sponsor
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Group 1: Hearing loss group
Individuals in the age range from 60 to 80 years having mild to moderate sloping or flat sensorineural hearing loss with normal middle ear functioning.
Group 2: Control group
Age, gender and education(in years) matched controls having near normal hearing sensitivity with normal middle ear functioning.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Hearing aid users.
2.Individuals with diagnosis of Alzheimerâ??s disease or other neurological conditions
3.History or complaint of psychiatric disease.
4.Neurodegenerative conditions.
5.Dementia.
6.Hearing loss due to any other factors other than age.
7.Co morbid conditions like substance abuse, long term medication (Eg: Steroids) uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Amplitude and latency of N1- P2/P3 for all the cognitive tests. <br/ ><br>- SNR Loss.Timepoint: During the analysis of the data after data collection.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in amplitude and latency of N1-P2/P3 between baseline and follow up visits.Timepoint: During the analysis of the data after data collection.