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

Официальное название

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

Обзор

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.

Подробное описание

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.

Первичные конечные точки

• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF5) [Срок оценки: Day 1]

Вторичные конечные точки (1)

• Assessment of reading, writing and arithmetic skills (LUKILASSE) [Срок оценки: Day 1]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Group 1

\- Bilateral mild to complete hearing loss

• Group 2:

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

Критерии исключения

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

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Да

Дизайн исследования

Модель наблюдения

Случай-контроль

Центры проведения

Финляндия · 7 центров

• 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

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07416292 · 5551909

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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