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Speech Perception and High Cognitive Demand

RecruitingNAAges 65 Years - 85 YearsAllUniversity of Maryland, College Park
NCT04997577 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

With advancing age, adults experience increasing speech understanding difficulties in challenging situations. Currently, speech-in-noise difficulties are rehabilitated by providing hearing aids. For older normal-hearing adults, however, hearing devices do not provide much benefit since these adults do not have decreased hearing sensitivity. The goal of the "Speech Perception and High Cognitive Demand" project is to evaluate the benefit of a new auditory-cognitive training paradigm. In the present study neural (as measured by pupillometry and magnetoencephalography) and behavioral changes of speech-in-noise perception from pretest to posttest will be examined in older adults (age 65 - 85 years) assigned to one of three training groups: 1) Active Control Group: sessions of watching informational videos, 2) Auditory Training Group: sessions of auditory training listening to one of two speak

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 65 - 85 years * Normal hearing (pure tone thresholds ≤ 25 dB HL from 250 - 8000 Hz) * Self-reported normal or corrected-to-normal vision * Dominant language: American English * Education: a high school diploma or higher education level Exclusion Criteria: * Middle-ear or inner-ear pathology * Non-native speaker of English * Inability to complete all training sessions within a pre-specified time window (e.g., due to unexpected schedule restrictions) * Learning disorders * Metal in body that induces a data artifact for MEG recording (e.g., excessive metal dental work) or that poses a safety issue in the MRI portion (e.g., pacemakers, neural implants, metal plates or joints, shrapnel, and surgical staples) * Claustrophobia or any condition that would be exacerbated by the scanning environment's lighting, sounds, etc. (e.g., migraines) * A non-removable hairstyle or hair accessory that would prevent the participant from fitting comfortably in the MEG or MRI head coil * Currently under a medical provider's care for a closed head injury * Currently taking psychoactive stimulant (e.g., amphetamines), depressant (e.g., benzodiazepines), mood stabilizing (e.g., lithium), anti-psychotic, or anti-seizure medications or drugs of abuse * Currently pregnant (only for MRI)
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What it tests

  • Auditory-cognitive training paradigm
  • Auditory training paradigm
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Where

2 sites
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
College Park, United States
Maryland Neuroimaging Center
College Park, United States
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