Status:
COMPLETED
Speech Perception With High Cognitive Demand
Lead Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Speech Intelligibility
Aging
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-30 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
With advancing age, adults experience increasing speech understanding difficulties in challenging situations. Currently, speech-in-noise difficulties are rehabilitated by providing hearing aids. For o...
Detailed Description
With advancing age, adults experience increasing speech understanding difficulties in challenging situations, such as difficulty with understanding other persons in a noisy restaurant. Speech-in-noise...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 18-30 years
- Normal hearing (pure-tone thresholds \<= 25 dB HL from 250-8000 Hz)
- Dominant language: American English
- Education: a high school diploma or higher educational level
Exclusion
- Middle-ear or inner ear pathology
- Non-native speaker of English
- Inability to complete all training sessions within a pre-specified time window (e.g., due to unexpected schedule restrictions)
- Learning disorders.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 9 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
15 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04698356
Start Date
April 9 2021
End Date
July 31 2021
Last Update
May 30 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
College Park, Maryland, United States, 20742