Auditory Cognitive Training with Low-Volume Sounds Improves Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Functions

Auditory Cognitive Training with Low-Volume Sounds Improves Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Functions - Auditory Cognitive Training with Low-Volume Sounds Improves Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Functions

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000037099

Enrollment

Registered

2019-06-25

Start date

2019-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Normal elderly people

Interventions

Intervention group A, a week using the hearing recognition task for about 1 hour for 4 weeks. Intervention group A, a week using the hearing recognition task for about 1 hour for 4 weeks. Intervention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The subjects were 80 healthy right-handed elderly men and women (age: 60 to 80) whose native language is Japanese.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Have a history of mental illness, diabetes, cranial nerve disease, heart disease (heart disease) Taking medications that affect cognitive function (e.g., benzodiazepines, antidepressants, central nervous system drugs) The score for the MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination), a screening test for dementia, is 24 or less Five or more tests (Geriatric Depression Scale) to check the degree of depression Problems with hearing problems related to hearing (e.g. middle ear, ear problems, tinnitus, etc) Hearing test average 25 dB or more HHIE (Hearing Handicap Inventory Elderly) is 44% or less If you are currently participating in another study, you have participated in another study within two months before the start of the study If there is metal in the body or claustrophobia, it is not a subject because it is dangerous for MRI examination Those who cannot participate in pre- and post-tests conducted before and after the intervention period

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Stroop task, Word fluency test, Raven's Colored Progressive Materices, Japanese Reading Ability Test, Logical memory, Digit Span, D-CAT(digit cancellation test), Digit symbol coding, Find-symbol, Mental rotation, MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination), HHIE (Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly, fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), Audiometry test	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKawata Yuriko

Tohoku University Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer applied brain science research

natashakawata@med.tohoku.ac.jp022-717-7988

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026