NCT03260062

Parent-Child Early Approaches to Raising Language Skills (PEARLS) Intervention

Pilot Intervention to Improve Language in Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Months – 48 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to develop and evaluate a parent training program, which aims to improve language. The study is being conducted to see if teaching parents positive parenting techniques and behavior strategies will improve the rate of language development in children with cochlear implants when compared to standard speech therapy (e.g., auditory-verbal therapy).

Conditions

• Deafness, Bilateral

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parent-Child Early Approaches to Raising Language Skills	The PEARLS intervention will teach parents evidence-based language strategies and sensitive parenting (e.g., warmth, respect for autonomy, linguistic stimulation) to promote language development in young deaf children with cochlear implants (CI).
OTHER	Standard Care Speech therapy	Families will participate in auditory-verbal therapy, which is the standard speech therapy with children with hearing loss.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-04-11
• Primary completion: 2021-04-01
• Completion: 2021-04-01
• First posted: 2017-08-24
• Last updated: 2021-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States