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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| 1R03DC012639 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH |
| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) | NIH |
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of early intervention on language skills for children with hearing loss.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Early language intervention | Experimental | 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. |
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| Monthly language check-ups | No Intervention | Children will be assessed monthly via home observations and parents will complete a language checklist to monitor language development more closely. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Early language intervention | Behavioral | Parents will practice the specific set of strategies (visual, interactive, tactile, responsive) during sessions that occur weekly and last 1 hour for a total of 26 sessions, over 6 months. Each session will include four segments: (a) the therapist will review the intervention strategies taught in the workshop (10 min), (b) the therapist will model the intervention strategy with the child (10 min), (c) the parent will practice the strategy with her child with coaching from the therapist across four different routines and activities of the parent's choice (30 min), and (d) the therapist will provide feedback to the parent, summarize the session, and answer the parent's questions (10 min). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories | one month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Preschool Language Scale | 6 months |
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| Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales | 6 months |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Megan Y Roberts, PhD, CCC-SLP | Northwestern University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Northwestern University | Evanston | Illinois | 60202 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
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| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
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| D009461 |
| Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |