NCT07068373

Development of Evidence-based Therapeutic Guidelines for Early SLA in Urdu-speaking Children With Cochlear Implants

Development of Evidence Based Therapeutic Guidelines for Early Speech and Language Acquisition in Urdu Speaking Children With Cochlear Implant

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Superior University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Firstly global and regional literature on speech therapy after cochlear implantation focusing on Urdu-speaking populations and culturally relevant factors will be systematically reviewed.

Detailed description

Then needs Assessment will be done to understand the challenges, needs, and gaps in therapeutic practices specific to Urdu-speaking children through focus groups to gather insights into current practices and barriers. After that objective data will be collected to identify trends and outcomes in speech and language development post-implantation, measure baseline skills, and progress over time, and factors influencing outcomes i.e. age of implantation, therapy frequency. In final stage, culturally relevant and evidence-based therapeutic guidelines will be formulated.

Conditions

• Cochlear Hearing Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Mixed method (Exploratory Sequential)	4-6 Expert SLPs working with Cochlear Implant, A cohort of 100 Urdu speaking children who received cochlear implants

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-17
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-07-16
• Last updated: 2025-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan