Vocal Emotion Communication With Cochlear Implants

Recruiting Early Phase 1 Interventional Study
Cochlear Hearing Loss
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo. Healthy Volunteers Welcome You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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At a Glance
Age
6 – 80
Sex
Any
Trial phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Basic Science
Participants needed
255 (estimated)
Sponsor
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home · Other
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About This Trial
Patients with hearing loss who use cochlear implants (CIs) show significant deficits and strong unexplained intersubject variability in their perception and production of spoken emotions in speech. This project will investigate the hypothesis that "cue-weighting", or how patients utilize the different acoustic cues to emotion, accounts for significant variance in emotional communication with CIs. …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants * Postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants * Normally hearing children * Normally hearing adults Exclusion Criteria: * Non-native speakers of American English * Prelingually deaf individuals who receive coch…
Contacts

Monita Chatterjee, Ph.D.

8474672760

monita.chatterjee@northwestern.edu

CONTACT

Dawna E Lewis, Ph.D.

531-355-6607

dawna.lewis@boystown.org

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