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Early Communication Intervention for Toddlers With Hearing Loss

NCT03803943 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2025-10-15

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Summary

Improving spoken language outcomes for children with hearing loss has important public health implications. This is a randomized clinical trial of 96 children with hearing loss that examines the effects of a parent-implemented early communication intervention on prelinguistic and spoken language outcomes. The study is open for national recruitment. Parents participate via video call with their child and receive technology to assist with virtual visits.

Conditions

  • Hearing Loss, Bilateral

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent-Implemented Communication Intervention (PICT)

Weekly hour long intervention sessions for 6 months

OTHER

No Intervention - Business-as-usual control

Does not receive PICT intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Y Roberts, PhD · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
18 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-15
Primary Completion
2023-05-16
Completion
2024-10-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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