Listening difficulties
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Tohoku University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Hearing-impaired subjects (normal volunteers) 1) Normal hearing subjects with no history of ear, nerve or neurological diseases and no abnormalities in auditory function (2) Age: 18 years old or older, less than 50 years old (at the time of registration) (3) Gender: Any gender (2) Listening difficulties patients (patient volunteers) (1) Patients diagnosed with the syndrome or suspected of having the syndrome by an audiologic evaluation at an ENT clinic. (2) Age: 18 years old or older, under 50 years old (at the time of registration) (3) Gender: Any gender Gender: Any gender
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Healthy hearing subjects (normal volunteers) 1) Subjects with a history of ear disease 2) Subjects with a history of psychiatric disease (3) Subjects with a history of peripheral or central nervous system disease (4) Pregnant or possibly pregnant (5) Other patients who are judged to be unsuitable as subjects by the principal investigator or subinvestigators. (2) Patients with Lstening difficulties (patient volunteers) (1) Patients with a history of peripheral or central nervous system disease (2) Pregnant or possibly pregnant (iii) Other patients who are judged to be inappropriate as subjects by the principal investigator or subinvestigators. (Because the patient background for #Listening difficulties is also known to include a history of childhood ear disease, neurodevelopmental disorders, depression, and other psychiatric disorders, the conditions of a history of ear disease or psychiatric disorders that are excluded in healthy hearing subjects were not added to the exclusion criteria)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maximum number of digits in Digit span | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTetsuaki Kawase
Tohoku University graduate school of medicine
Outcome results
None listed