Maximizing Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss

Northwestern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hearing Loss

Treatments: Behavioral: Early language intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01963468

STU00081066

1R03DC012639 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of early intervention on language skills for children with hearing loss.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 6 to 18 months of age
• bilateral, moderate to profound congenital hearing loss

Exclusion criteria

• auditory neuropathy
• no known additional disabilities (e.g., cerebral palsy, Down syndrome)
• both parents have a severe to profound hearing loss

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Early language intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Children will receive 6 months of weekly parent-implemented intervention sessions. Children will be assessed monthly via audio recordings and language checklists to monitor language development more closely.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Early language intervention

Monthly language check-ups

No Intervention group

Description:

Children will be assessed monthly via home observations and parents will complete a language checklist to monitor language development more closely.