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Listening effort in people with hearing impairment

Status: Recruiting
The purpose of this research is to understand the effort needed to understand speech if hearing is impaired. Listening effort is higher in people with hearing impairment and has wide-ranging negative consequences across many aspects of a person’s life. The goal of this project is to explore factors that make listening effortful, with special focus on the need to repair perceptual mistakes by relying on context.
Sex: Male or Female
Age Group: 18 years and over
Inclusion Criteria:
• There are two categories of participants: either people with cochlear implant (one or two cochlear implants) or people with normal hearing in both ears.
Exclusion Criteria:
• non native English speakers
Conditions:
Ear, Nose & Throat
Keywords:
cochlear implant, hearing loss, listening
Study Contact: Katherine Teece - henn0158@umn.edu
Principal Investigator: Matthew Winn
IRB Number: STUDY00004150