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The effect of top-down control of attention on speech perception and effort in adverse listening conditions

Completed
Conditions
hearingdamage
hearinglos
10019243
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
Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
<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
NameTimeMethod
<p>n.v.t.</p><br>
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