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Following the Sound of Music

NCT07772765 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 216

Last updated 2026-08-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The proposed study will enroll healthy older adult participants to examine the effectiveness of music listening activities to promote hearing and cognition. Participants will be randomized into one of four experimental groups and can expect to participate for up to 21 hours of research distributed over 20 weeks.

Conditions

  • Music Listening
  • Auditory Processing
  • Attention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music Listening with Attentional prompts

Participants will listen to musical excerpts, and guided instructions will be provided to tell the participants what aspect of the music to pay attention to and how to respond. Participants will log responses on an interactive tablet-based interface.

BEHAVIORAL

Music Listening

Participants will listen to musical excerpts and will be provided with guided instructions directing their attention to specific aspects of the music. Participants will report when they perceive a noticeable change in the music (e.g., changes in instrumentation, rhythm, texture, or intensity). Participants will log responses on an interactive tablet-based interface.

BEHAVIORAL

Tone listening with Attentional prompts

Participants will be asked to attend to auditory stimuli and respond to them according to guided instructions. Participants will log responses on an interactive tablet-based interface.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northeastern University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susanne Jaeggi, PhD · Northeastern University

  • Aaron Seitz, PhD · Northeastern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
101 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-14
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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