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ListenFuture-Listening for Their Future: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents

— Observational Hearing Disorders and Deafness

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What is being studied
This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Hearing Disorders and Deafness. Basic parameters: 11 years — 16 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Finland
Next step
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Official title

ListenFuture-Listening for Their Future: The Complex Associations Between Hearing, Cognition, Spoken Language, Literacy and Psychosocial Wellbeing in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents

Overview

ListenFuture, a nation-wide multidisciplinary project, brings new knowledge on complex associations between listening, cognition, language, literacy, and psychosocial wellbeing in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents. Earlier findings indicate that DHH adolescents remain at a risk to achieving age-appropriate skills. The associations among these skills can also be language-dependent. The investigators use behavioral methods and questionnaires. The investigators study speech perception in noise, listening, and listening-related fatigue to reveal how DHH adolescents cope in today's noisy environment. The investigators study cognitive skills and executive functions, spoken language and literacy skills to find out the current state-of-knowledge. The investigators study psychosocial wellbeing, school burnout and factors associated with them. The investigators will utilize supervised and interpretable machine learning to analyse the performance domains that could best predict the outcomes of DHH adolescents. The investigators expect our project to have broad societal impact for DHH adolescents, healthcare, school, and other stakeholders.

Detailed description

ListenFuture provides comprehensive insights into challenges deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents face in speech perception, language, and literacy, skills essential for use, creation, and integration of information. The investigators will explore the following skills and their complex associations: 1) auditory speech perception, 2) cognitive skills and executive functions, 3) spoken language, 4) literacy, and 5) psychosocial wellbeing and school burnout. The investigators will analyse the demographic, cognitive, speech perception and language processing domains that best predict the outcomes. ListenFuture has the potential to enhance the wellbeing and participation of DHH adolescents and provide valuable information for intervention services and policy making.

Primary outcome measures

  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF5) [Time frame: Day 1]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Assessment of reading, writing and arithmetic skills (LUKILASSE) [Time frame: Day 1]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Group 1

\- Bilateral mild to complete hearing loss

  • Group 2:
  • Typical hearing (PTA<20dB)
  • Typical cognitive, linguistic and literacy development

Exclusion criteria

Group 1 and Group 2:

  • heart conditions
  • developmental brain disorders
  • chromosome anomalies
  • severe inner ear anomalies
  • impairments in both distance senses hearing and vision

Group 2:

\- concerns regarding attention and psychosocial wellbeing

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Observational model
Case-control

Study locations

Finland · 7 centers
  • Helsinki University Hospital — Helsinki
  • Kuopio University Hospital / University of Eastern Finland — Kuopio
  • University of Oulu — Oulu
  • Oulu University Hospital — Oulu
  • Tampere University Hospital — Tampere
  • Turku University Hospital — Turku
  • Åbo Academy University — Turku

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07416292 · 5551909

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗