Mental health social functioning
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children between 6 and 18 years of age with hearing loss; 2. Children that have been using a hearing aid or cochlear implant for at least one year; 1A. Children with normal hearing between 13 and 18 years of age
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal to participate; 2. Severe cognitive or physical impairment in the children that leads to the inability of participating in all tests and inability of filling out the questionnaires administered in this study; 3. Inadequacy in the Dutch language that leads to the inability of participating in the tests and questionnaires; 4. Illiteracy of the parents that leads to the inability to answer the questionnaires.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main study parameter/endpoint Psychosocial difficulties as estimated with the HEAR-QL, and the CBCL, TRF, and YSR. Auditory functioning as estimated with pure tone audiometry, speech perception in quiet measured with the NVA for soft speech, speech intelligibility in noise, measured with the Digits in Noise test (DIN). Vocal emotion score as estimated with the EmoHI emotion recognition test, and with the vocal emotion expression test. Psychosocial difficulties HEAR-QL The Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life questionnaire is a valid, reliable and sensitive quality of life assessment tool for children with hearing loss (35). It is available in two versions, one for children (7-12 yrs) and one for adolescents (12-18 yrs). The child version consists of 34 questions divided into the four subscales: hearing loss, environment, activities, emotions. The total scores can range from 26 to 130, where 26 indicates no difficulties on any scale and 130 indicates most difficulties on all scales. The adolescents version contains 36 questions, divided into the four subscales: listening, social, school, emotions. The total scores can range from 29 to 145, where 29 indicates no difficulties on any scale and 145 indicates most difficulties on all scales. The child- and adolescent*s version can be found in appendix 2a and 2b respectively. The HEAR-QL is part of the clinical routine, it may be that children have already filled out the questionnaire. Children that have not filled out the questionnaire, or their submission is more than six months ago, are required to fill it in as part of this study. The duration of administration is 10 minutes. The HEAR-QL will be filled out by the participants. This will be done online, at home. The HEAR-QL will serve as the outcome measure for the participants* hearing related quality of life and coping with social situations. Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Teacher Report Form (TRF), Youth Self Report | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary study parameters/endpoints Gender; age; comorbidity; socio-economic status; degree of hearing loss; age of onset; experience with a hearing device; type of hearing device; modality of aided hearing; communication mode (sign language/spoken/combination); type of schooling. Intelligence estimates based upon existing test results from patient files and school functioning. Speech/language score as estimated with the CCC-2. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed