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| Australian Childhood Foundation | UNKNOWN |
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A research project funded by the Australian Childhood Foundation (ACF) will be conducted in Australian facilities of the ACF to evaluate the effectiveness of the Listening Project Protocol (LPP) in children with a trauma history. The LPP is designed as a "neural exercise" to reduce auditory hypersensitivities, to improve auditory processing of speech, and to improve behavioral state regulation. The LPP uses acoustic stimulation to exercise the neural regulation of the middle ear structures to rehabilitate and to normalize the acoustic transfer function of the middle ear structures. The current study is being conducted to evaluate efficacy and feasibility of the LPP and will use objective measures to evaluate changes in acoustic transfer function of the middle ears structures, auditory processing skills, physiological state regulation, and sensory symptoms.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | Participants will be included in all pre-intervention and post-assessment measures. Participants will receive the Listening Project Protocol intervention. The duration of the intervention is approximately 45 minutes per day, for 5 consecutive days. |
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| Assessment-only group | No Intervention | The assessment-only group will participate in all pre- and post-intervention assessments, but will not receive the Listening Project Protocol. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Listening Project Protocol | Behavioral | The intervention will consist of listening to computer-altered acoustic stimulation, designed to modulate the frequency band of vocal music passed to the participant. The frequency characteristics of the acoustic stimulation are selected to emphasize the relative importance of specific frequencies in conveying the information embedded in human speech. Modulation of the acoustic energy within the frequencies of human voice, similar to an exaggerated vocal prosody, are hypothesized to recruit and modulate the neural regulation of the middle ear muscles and to functionally reduce sound hypersensitivities and improve auditory processing. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Auditory hypersensitivity | Brain-Body Center Sensory Scales (BBC Sensory Scales) (parental questionnaire) | pre-intervention (within 1 week before intervention), post-intervention (within 1 week after intervention), 1 month post-intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Autonomic state regulation | heart rate, heart period, high-frequency heart rate variability/respiratory sinus arrhythmia | pre-intervention (within 1 week before intervention), immediate post-intervention (within 1 week after intervention), 1 month post-intervention |
| Auditory processing |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Keri J Heilman, PhD | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Child Trauma Service Unit, Australian Childhood Foundation | Ringwood | Victoria | 3134 | Australia |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001308 | Auditory Perceptual Disorders |
| D040921 | Stress Disorders, Traumatic |
| D012919 | Social Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D001304 | Auditory Diseases, Central |
| D012181 | Retrocochlear Diseases |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
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filtered words, competing words subscales of SCAN |
| pre-intervention (within 1 week before intervention), immediate post-intervention (within 1 week after intervention), 1 month post-intervention |
| social behavior | Listening Project Parent Questionnaire | post-intervention (within 1 week after the intervention), 1 month post-intervention |
| Middle ear muscle transfer function | MESAS (Middle Ear Sound Absorption System) | pre-intervention (within 1 week before intervention), immediate post-intervention (within 1 week after intervention), 1 month post-intervention |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D010468 | Perceptual Disorders |
| D019954 | Neurobehavioral Manifestations |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D003072 | Cognition Disorders |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D000068099 | Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders |
| D001519 | Behavior |