The effectiveness of language training methods on acquisition of auditory, speech and language skills in Persian hearing impaired childre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Hearing loss.Sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT201109267637N1
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 22
Inclusion Criteria
1. congenital hearing impairment
2. age between 1 to 5 years old
3. normal intelligence
4. cochlear implanted between 1 to 5 years old
5. use of hearing aids before cochlear implantation
6. absence of the other disabilities such as: CP, MR, genetical syndromes, blindeness
Exclusion criteria:
1. acquired hearing impairment
2. abnormal intelligence
3. cochlear implanted above 5 years old
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Auditory perception. Timepoint: Three monthly. Method of measurement: the Newsha Hearing, Language and Speech Development Scale ; The Tavana Test for Evaluation of Auditory Skills of hearing-impaired children.;Expressive language. Timepoint: Three monthly. Method of measurement: The Newsha Hearing, Language and Speech Development Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Receptive language. Timepoint: Three monthly. Method of measurement: The Newsha Hearing, Language and Speech Development Scale.;Speech skills. Timepoint: Three monthly. Method of measurement: The Newsha Hearing, Language and Speech Development Scale.;Speech intelligibility rate. Timepoint: Six monthly. Method of measurement: The Speech Intelligibility Measurement Test for children.;Mean length of utterance (MLU). Timepoint: Monthly. Method of measurement: Picture Description and Conversation Methods.