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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| R01DC017924 | 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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Age-related hearing loss, presbycusis, affects up to 50% of American adults. There are two main causes for presbycusis: 1) Progressive death of hair cells in the inner ear, and 2) Central hearing loss, or the reduced ability to decipher the sound source of interest from other competing sounds in a multi-source complex environment. The first cause is better understood and treatment options, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, are available. However, central hearing loss is not as well understood and there is not a treatment available at this time. This study aims to advance our understanding of central hearing loss by evaluating the abilities of younger and older listeners in two primary outcome measures: to 1) neurologically process sound stimuli and 2) focus on conversational speech in the presence of spatially-separated competing background noise. A test using Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) will be used to evaluate the brain's response to clicking sounds.
This study will assess all waveform data, but will focus particularly on wave III. Sentence in noise tests will be used to assess each subject's ability to process speech in noisy situations. Both the ABR and sentence in noise tests are non-invasive and are commonly used in audiology practices to diagnosis and treat a variety of audiological pathologies.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Audiological Assessments | Diagnostic Test | Participants will all undergo routine audiological assessments. The results from these assessments will be evaluated in order to advance understanding of central hearing loss. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Speech in Noise Performance | Auditory perception task requiring participants to discriminate speech sound in quiet and in back ground noise. Takes about 90min. | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| Auditory Brainstem Response | Non-invasive auditory electrophysiological measure of brainstem electrical activity captured using electrodes placed on the scalp while sounds are played to one or both ears. Takes about 60min | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| Spatial Acuity | Auditory perception task requiring participants to judge the location of a sound. Takes about 90min | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Working Memory Assessment | Reading span test to understand working memory capacity. Takes about 20min | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| Electrocorticogram | Non-invasive auditory electrophysiological measure of brainstem electrical activity captured using electrodes placed on the scalp while sounds are played to one or both ears. Takes about 45min. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Subjects age ranges
a. 21 years (inclusive) and 89years (inclusive)
Subjects exhibiting no poorer than a mild hearing loss, defined as hearing thresholds no worse than 40dBHL at any test frequency 250-4000 Hz based on pure tone audiometry
Subjects scoring 26 or higher on a screening measure of cognitive status (Montreal Cognitive Screening Assessment; MoCA)
Exclusion Criteria:
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Healthy volunteers
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Shaylene Denham | Contact | 303-724-8465 | shaylene.denham@cuanschutz.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Daniel Tollin, PhD | University of Colorado, Denver | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Colorado School of Medicine | Recruiting | Aurora | Colorado | 80045 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006313 | Hearing Loss, Central |
| ID | Term |
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| D006319 | Hearing Loss, Sensorineural |
| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
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| through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| Subject Questionnaires | Questionnaires administered to subject to gather information on health and hearing history, noise exposure, everyday listening. Takes about 30min. | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| TFS-AF | Two-alternative forced choice auditory perception task requiring participants to determine which sound has been modified. Takes about 20min. | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| Spectrotemporal Modulation | Two-alternative forced choice auditory perception task requiring participants to determine which sound has been modified. Takes about 30min | through study completion, an average of 6 years |
| D010038 |
| Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D001304 | Auditory Diseases, Central |
| D012181 | Retrocochlear Diseases |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |