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The Adjustment, Behavior, Language and Executive Functioning Project (ABLE)
I
Irina Castellanos
Primary Investigator
Recruiting
3-6 years
All
Phase
N/A
120 participants needed
1 Location
Overview
We
are actively recruiting preschool children (both Cochlear Implant users and
Normal Hearing) to participate in a new, NIH funded, longitudinal research
study on psychosocial outcomes, titled The Adjustment, Behavior, Language and
Executive Functioning (ABLE) Project. In the ABLE project, we investigate how
preschool children’s ability to identify, plan, execute, and evaluate goals
contributes to social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes.
Who can take part in this study?
Age: Preschool
children between the ages of 3–6 years.
Language: Spoken English
is the primary language.
Hearing:
·
CI Users: Bilateral
severe-to-profound hearing loss prior to age 3 years with at
least one CI activated by age 3.
·
Normal Hearing Peers: Hearing
within normal limits in both ears.
Description
What
will happen during the study?
·
Participants will be invited to come to an in-person
study visit at Riley Hospital that will take about 1 -
2 hours.
·
Parents/guardians will fill out questionnaires and
answer some questions about the child’s hearing, language, learning, thinking,
memory, behavior, developmental and medical history, and demographic
information.
·
Parent and child will work with a researcher to
complete some game-like tasks and tests that measure language skills and
cognitive abilities.
·
The assessment includes a play session in which parent
and child will play with toys and complete puzzles.
·
Parent and child may be invited back for two additional
yearly follow-up study visits.
Incentive/compensation
·
Participants receive payment at the rates listed below
for their total time at the study visit plus time in round-trip travel to Riley
Hospital:
- 1st study visit - $50/hour
- 2nd study visit - $60/hour
- 3rd studyvisit - $70/hour
·
Lodging costs will be
paid for CI families who live outside of the Indianapolis area and whose
participation in our projects requires that they stay overnight in the area.
Additional
information
The
study is being conducted by Dr. Irina Castellanos of the Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine. It
is funded by the National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD).
Eligibility
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
-
Conditions:
Healthy, Hearing loss, Hearing impairment
-
Age: Between 3 Years - 6 Years
-
Gender: All
Inclusion
criteria for CI participants
·
Bilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss (>70 dB
HL) prior to age 3 years
·
At least one multichannel CI activated by age 3 years
·
Live in a home environment in which spoken English is
the primary language
Inclusion
criteria for normal hearing control participants
·
Normal hearing and language development
·
Live in a home environment in which spoken English is
the primary language
Exclusion
Criteria:
·
Reported history of intellectual disability or other
developmental/neurological diagnosis that interferes with neurocognitive
functioning
Updated on
08 Oct 2024.
Study ID: OTHN-IIR-ABLE, 21064
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