Auditory processing disorders Ear, Nose and Throat
Conditions
Interventions
The design of the study was a randomised controlled trial of intervention, with a 4x2x2 factorial matrix. It is an interventional study that includes random allocation of subjects into any of the thre
Sponsors
University of Ibadan
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Pupils identified with listening difficulty without a hearing loss 2. Pupils presenting with auditory processing problems 3. Puils with normal hearing abilities of between 0-25dB 4. Pupils with difficulty hearing in competing background noise or environmental noise 5. Pupils without glue ear 6. Pupils within the age range of 7 years 0 months - 11 years 11 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pupils with evidence of hearing loss, intellectual disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 2. Pupils whose Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC IV) are lower than 90 3. Pupils whose scores on the Random Gap Detection Test (RGDT) are less than 20ms 4. Pupils whose scores are less than -0.01 on the Children's Auditory Processing Performance Scale (CHAPPS) 5. Pupils with reading disability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Listening ability (listening ability without background noise, listening ability with background noise, and sound localisation ability), measured using verbal information/response of the participants before and after each intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-esteem, measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale at baseline | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactAyo Osisanya
Outcome results
None listed