Cochlear Hearing Loss
Conditions
Brief summary
Firstly global and regional literature on speech therapy after cochlear implantation focusing on Urdu-speaking populations and culturally relevant factors will be systematically reviewed.
Detailed description
Then needs Assessment will be done to understand the challenges, needs, and gaps in therapeutic practices specific to Urdu-speaking children through focus groups to gather insights into current practices and barriers. After that objective data will be collected to identify trends and outcomes in speech and language development post-implantation, measure baseline skills, and progress over time, and factors influencing outcomes i.e. age of implantation, therapy frequency. In final stage, culturally relevant and evidence-based therapeutic guidelines will be formulated.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTMixed method (Exploratory Sequential)
4-6 Expert SLPs working with Cochlear Implant, A cohort of 100 Urdu speaking children who received cochlear implants
Sponsors
Superior University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Speech language Pathologists/ therapist with minimum 5 years of experience working with cochlear implant * Parents of children with cochlear implant age 2 and above
Exclusion criteria
* Parents whose children has just cochlear implant and they have no experience of speech and language development after cochlear implant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Likert scale | 18 Months | A Likert scale is a psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires to measure respondents' attitudes and opinions. It typically presents a statement and asks respondents to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement using a range of ordered response options. These options are usually assigned numerical values for scoring purposes. Scoring is designed based on such categories as Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Agree, and Strongly Agree. (0-5) for each question, the higher the score indicates the worse condition |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed