The effect of top-down control of attention on speech perception and effort in adverse listening conditions
- Conditions
- hearingdamagehearinglos10019243
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON41406
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Must be able to give informed consent.
Dutch as native language.
Normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
Individuals with acquired brain injury must be fit for work.
Individuals with acquired brain injury no longer receiving treatment for their brain injury for over a year.
Individuals with acquired brain injury report to experience problems with having a conversation in background noise.
Younger then 18 years or older then 80 years.
Additional serious conditions.
Diabetes, because of its effect on the pupil response.
Dyslexia or other restrictions that affect reading.
More then 20 dB hearing-loss for normal hearing and individuals with acquired brain injury.
More the 60 dB hearing-loss for hearing-impaired individuals.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>This study*s main parameters are SRT scores and pupil diameter. We want to<br /><br>investigate how these are affected by attentional engagement and hearing-loss.<br /><br>Attentional engagement will be manipulated within subject and hearing-loss is a<br /><br>between subject factor.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>n.v.t.</p><br>