The Benefits of Vibrating Floors for Deaf Children

Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deaf Children

Treatments: Other: No vibrating floor; Other: vibrating floor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06390514

PLANCHER

Details and patient eligibility

About

In view of the difficulties observed in the oral language development of deaf children, it is essential to offer them appropriate and effective care as early as possible. One of the modalities frequently used clinically to stimulate this perception of language in the deaf child is to use the tactile sense via vibrations. One such tactile tool used by speech therapists is the vibrating floor, which enables the child to feel sounds through the vibrations perceived by his or her body. Although used in many institutions, there is very little scientific evidence to date of the effectiveness of using the vibrating floor with deaf children.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Deaf children whose project is to develop oral French language skills
• Deaf children with cochlear implants or hearing aids
• Children with previous experience of the vibrating floor

Exclusion criteria

• intellectual disability
• impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

with the vibrating floor

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: vibrating floor

Other: No vibrating floor

without the vibrating floor

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: vibrating floor

Other: No vibrating floor