Research Database:
Current
Research:
Current Research Studies
A database has been created for research volunteers who would like to be
contacted when they qualify for a study. If you would like to be added to
the database, you must complete and sign the
Research Subjects
Database form and return it to our laboratory. For children (or
adults) with hearing loss, we will contact you to obtain an updated hearing
test if possible.
How well can children of different ages understand speech while doing other things?
Purpose: Through this study we hope to better understand about children’s ability to multitask as a function of age and task difficulty. This information will help us to understand the degree to which competing tasks interfere with speech perception and the age at which it is safe to assume that a child can attend to competing tasks in addition to speech perception.
Who: We are looking for 8- to 12-year-old children who have normal hearing, are enrolled in a regular education classroom, and speak English as their native language.
What: Each child will receive a standard hearing test. For the experiment, children will be asked to listen to every day words and tell us which category each word belongs to (people, animal, food). At the same time, the children will play dot-to-dot games that are easy to start and then get harder. During the test, children will hear background noise that sounds like people talking at a restaurant. The total test time is no more than 2 hours.
Pay: Each child will be paid $20 for their time ($10/hr). A copy of the hearing test results is also available upon request at no charge.
Call: If you have any questions about this study or if you would like to enroll your child, call (480) 727-0508. This study will begin in February 2008.
Word Learning in Noise by Children with Normal Hearing and Children with Hearing Loss (NMWL)
Purpose: Through this study we hope to better understand the difficulty that children with hearing loss have when trying to learn new words. This information will help us to improve the services we provide to hearing-impaired children as well as our methods of educating these children in the areas of literacy and age-appropriate language.
Who: We are recruiting 8- to 12-year-old children who are enrolled in a regular education classroom and speak English as their native language. Children with normal hearing and children with hearing loss are eligible for this study.
What: Each child will receive a standard hearing test. For the experiment, children will use a computer to learn the names of several toys. The toys have been given invented names so that we can measure the process of learning a word for the first time. During the test, children may also hear a bit of noise that sounds like the static on a radio. The total test time is no more than 2 hours.
Pay: child will be paid $20 for their time ($10/hr). A copy of the hearing test results is also available upon request at no charge.
Call: If you have any questions about this study or if you would like to enroll your child, call (480) 727-0508. This study will begin in October 2007 and continue through May 2008.
