Status:
COMPLETED
Approaches to Auditory Rehabilitation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Many soldiers returning from their recent service in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) were exposed to blasts during combat. About 60% of blast-injured soldiers are diagnose...
Detailed Description
The long-term goal of this study is to develop evidence-based auditory rehabilitation for veterans who have normal/near-normal peripheral auditory function and significant complaints of difficulty hea...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants will be OIF/OEF veterans with no exclusions based on age, ethnicity, or gender. To be included in the study participants will:
- Report difficulty understanding speech in difficult listening environments disproportionate to loss in hearing sensitivity, as defined by self-referral to the study
- Have hearing thresholds \<= 65 decibels hearing loss (dB HL) at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 \& 4.0 kilohertz (kHz)
- Cognitive abilities sufficient to participate in the study, as determined by an age and education-level appropriate score on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE; Folstein, Robins, \& Helzer, 1983; Crum et al., 1993),
- English as a first language,
- Openness to using a personal FM system for a four-week period and/or to conducting auditory training over an eight-week period, as determined through interview.
Exclusion
- Asymmetric pure tone thresholds (left-right difference \> 15 dB HL at frequencies of 500 through 4000 Hz),
- Presence of neurological, psychiatric or physical disorders, or co-morbid diseases that would prevent completion of the study as determined by chart review,
- Best corrected vision worse than 20/63 as measured with the Smith-Kettlewell Institute Low Luminance (SKILL) Card
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
99 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00930774
Start Date
October 1 2010
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
June 11 2014
Active Locations (2)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
2
VA Medical Center, Portland
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97201