NCT02294812

Effects of Cognitive Training on Speech Perception

Effects of Cognitive Training on Age-Related Hearing Loss and Speech Perception

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aaron Newman · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the investigators are testing whether cognitive training can lead to improvements in speech perception for individuals with hearing loss. Individuals will complete 20 hours of cognitive training that is designed to improve cognitive abilities such as short term memory and attention. The investigators predict that cognitive training that improves the cognitive abilities affected by hearing loss will improve speech perception.

Conditions

• Hearing Loss
• Deafness and Auditory Perception

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive training	Participants will engage in eight weeks of training that focuses on improving various cognitive abilities. For example, short term memory. Cognitive training will take place 30 minutes per day, five days per week, for eight weeks. Training will be done in the participant's own home using web-based software. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the active control group, the control cognitive training group, or the experimental cognitive training group following the second study visit. After eight weeks, participants will no longer partake in training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-09-01
• Completion: 2020-09-01
• First posted: 2014-11-19
• Last updated: 2021-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada