Clinical trials: Deaf Children
Congenital Hearing Loss, Bilateral Cochlear Implants
Investigating the Neural Oscillatory Features for Limited Access to Oral Language in Deaf Children With Early Bilateral Cochlear Implantation
Children with severe-to-profound congenital hearing loss often experience significant language development challenges. While cochlear implants (CIs) can restore auditory input, outcomes vary widely, even among those who receive…
- Trial name
- ICO (NCT07739433)
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Hearing Loss, Speech and Language Development Delay Due to Hearing Loss
Teletherapy in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
This study seeks to determine the effectiveness of speech/language teletherapy to address disparities in speech and language outcomes in children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (D/HH).
- Trial name
- NCT04928209
- Testing
- Speech-Language Teletherapy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Hearing Loss
Maximizing Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of early intervention on language skills for children with hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01963468
- Testing
- Early language intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Hearing Loss
Bilateral Cochlear Implant Benefit in Young Children
The primary purpose of this study is to track patient outcomes for bilateral cochlear implant recipients in a cohort of 60 children, ages 12 to 36 months at time of surgery, who receive two implants in the same operation or in…
- Trial name
- NCT00424307
- Testing
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Congenital Hearing Loss Secondary to Biallelic Mutations in the Otoferlin Gene (OTOF), Biallelic Mutations in the Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) Gene
A Natural History Study in Pediatric Participants With Hearing Loss Due to OTOF, GJB2, or GJB2/GJB6 Mutations
This is an observational study to examine the characteristics of gene-related hearing loss in pediatric participants with biallelic otoferlin (OTOF) Mutations, Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) Mutations, or Digenic GJB2/Gap Junction…
- Conditions
- Congenital Hearing Loss Secondary to Biallelic Mutations in the Otoferlin Gene (OTOF), Biallelic Mutations in the Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) Gene, Digenic Mutations in GJB2/Gap Junction Beta 6 (GJB6) Genes
- Trial name
- ENSEMBLE (NCT06019481)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Hearing Loss, Behavior Disorders
Adaptation and Pilot Testing of a Behavioral Parent Training Program for Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Despite being more likely than typical hearing children to experience disruptive behavior problems, children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) rarely receive behavioral interventions to prevent the long-term costly outcomes…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Behavior Disorders, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT03483428
- Testing
- Interventionist training and supervision, Behavioral parent training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kentucky
Deafness, Bilateral
Parent-Child Early Approaches to Raising Language Skills (PEARLS) Intervention
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…
- Trial name
- PEARLS (NCT03260062)
- Testing
- Parent-Child Early Approaches to Raising Language Skills, Standard Care Speech therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Teaching Behaviors, Sign Language Skills
Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
Strategic and interactive approaches driven by sociocultural, cognitive, and language theories have accumulated a large body of evidence documenting improvements in more complex oral and written language skills.
- Trial name
- SISI (NCT06667102)
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Deaf Children
Balance Control and Maturation in Normal and Deaf Children Aged From 6 to 14 Years Old
Balance disorders in children are poorly known, underestimated, and rarely assessed. Technologies to assess balance in children are almost non-existent, apart from a few exceptions.
- Trial name
- NCT00140699
- Testing
- Balance
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Prader-Willi Syndrome, PWS-like Syndrome
GROWing Up With Rare GENEtic Syndromes
Introduction Rare complex syndromes Patients with complex genetic syndromes, by definition, have combined medical problems affecting multiple organ systems, and intellectual disability is often part of the syndrome.
- Conditions
- Prader-Willi Syndrome, PWS-like Syndrome, Silver Russel Syndrome, Congenital Hypopituitarism
- Trial name
- GROW UR GENES (NCT04463316)
- Testing
- Retrospective file studies
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- dr. Laura C. G. de Graaff-Herder
Deafness Unilateral
Cochlear Implantation for Young Single-sided Deaf Children
Children with profound sensorineural unilateral hearing loss (UHL) lag behind in spoken language, cognition, spatial hearing, and academic performance compared to normal hearing (NH) children.
- Trial name
- CICADE (NCT04738968)
- Testing
- Cochlear implant
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Hearing Loss, Language Impairment
Retrieval Practice for Word Learning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
This study is designed to advance the promising yet underutilized research on retrieval practice by evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of two key retrieval practice features (feedback and spacing).
- Trial name
- NCT05512000
- Testing
- Feedback with massed trials, Feedback with spaced trials, No feedback with massed trials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Deaf Nonspeaking, Not Elsewhere Classified
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Guidance Program for Parents of Deaf Children
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a parent guidance program on (1) the parent's communication skills, (2) the parent's sense of competence and (3) the child's language development.
- Trial name
- Irsa-Triangle (NCT06223152)
- Testing
- parental support
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Children Deafness
RHYTHMIC STIMULUS EFFECTS ON NEURONAL OSCILLATORY ACTIVITY AND SPEACHES CAPABILITIES IN DEAF CHILDREN
The deaf children showed deficits in speech processing and temporality. They badly apprehend temporal concepts and perceptions of deficit so the acoustic phenomena marking the time course linguistically.
- Trial name
- NCT02901691
- Testing
- musical rhythmic stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Deafness
Development of Auditory Skills in Young Deaf Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants
The primary objective to this study is to describe the auditory development and performance of young deaf children who receive bilateral implants during the first two years following device activation.
- Trial name
- NCT00604474
- Testing
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System (Cochlear Implant)
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Deaf Children, Cochlear Implant
Assessment of the Development of Social Cognition in a Deaf Child With a Cochlear Implant : A Study Using a Standardized Questionnaire
This study investigates the adaptability of a questionnaire assessing social cognition in children with cochlear implants aged 3 to 6 years, implanted before the age of 15 months.
- Trial name
- 1OL1 (NCT06914531)
- Testing
- Questionnaire comprehension test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Deafness, Hearing Loss
Family ASL: Longitudinal Study of Deaf Children and Hearing Parents Who Receive Services to Support the Learning of ASL
This study examines the development of American Sign Language by deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children and their parents.
- Trial name
- FASL (NCT04988451)
- Testing
- ASL Services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Balance, Gait
Balance and Gait in Hearing Impaired Children
The investigators balance and balance related problems and exercise programs should be handled multi-dimensionally. In this study, the investigators' aim is to investigate the effect of dual task-oriented education with…
- Trial name
- Balance (NCT05404126)
- Testing
- exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gaziantep
Sign Language Skills
Pre- and Post- Descriptive Data of Language Outcomes in Deaf Children
Deaf children between ages of 4-10 will provide pre and post data by responding to three prompts in sign language and written language at the beginning and end of a year.
- Trial name
- NCT06724523
- Testing
- Business-as-usual instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Hearing Loss
Effect of Dental Educational Program on Oral Hygiene Status Among Institutionalized Deaf Children
assess the effect of dental educational program on oral hygiene among institutionalized hearing impaired and mute children in Cairo, Egypt.
- Trial name
- NCT03030014
- Testing
- educational programm, no educational program
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University