Long-term developmental outcomes of early detection and intervention in Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment

Long-term developmental outcomes of early detection and intervention in Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment - DECIBEL - The long-term follow-up

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON40510

Enrollment

170

Registered

2015-01-20

Start date

2015-08-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

hearing impairment

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children that participated in the DECIBEL project 2008-2009 will be contacted and asked to participate in the project. Children were born between the 1st of January 2002 and the 31st of December 2005 and defined as having Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment; a bilateral conductive or sensorineural hearing loss of at least 40 dB in the better ear. For inclusion, children need to be at least nine years of age at time of assessment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children need to be able to communicate either by spoken language or by sign (supported) language.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Socio-emotional functioning (development of internalizing and externalizing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, or behavioural problems) degree of hearing loss, speech- and language development, quality of life, and academic achievement.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Nvt	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results