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Clinical Trial Summary
The purpose of this research study is to develop and evaluate a parent training program,
which aims to improve language. The study is being conducted to see if teaching parents
positive parenting techniques and behavior strategies will improve the rate of language
development in children with cochlear implants when compared to standard speech therapy
(e.g., auditory-verbal therapy).
Phase
N/A
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Other
Disease
Other
Enrollment Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
1. children who are severely to profoundly deaf and a cochlear implant candidate,
2. children who are 12 to 48 months,
3. English or Spanish as primary language spoken at home,
4. families educating their children in spoken language,
5. children who pass the cognitive screening, scoring 75 or above on the screening
measure
Exclusion Criteria:
1. parents who do not consent to being videotaped,
2. children with moderate to severe developmental delays (as assessed using the Battelle
Developmental Inventory (BDI-2) 2nd Edition for children ages 0 to 24 months or the
Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised),
3. children with significant syndromes (e.g., CHARGE, autism, cerebral palsy) or severe
brain abnormalities,
4. families who do not receive their auditory-verbal therapy from University of Miami
(UM). Further, children who have already completed the BDI-2 within the past year as
part of their Early Steps (Florida Early Intervention) program will not have it
re-administered.