Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
The Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) |
Parent questionnaire that consists of ten questions regarding a young infant or toddler's auditory behavior, e.g. "Does the child spontaneously respond to his/her name in quiet with auditory cues?" Each question is scored on a five point scale: 0=never, 1=rarely, 2=occasionally, 3=frequently, and 4=always. The aim of this tool is to assess the benefit of the child's personal amplification device(s). This questionnaire is generally used during the cochlear implant work-up to assess hearing aid benefit. It is also used post-cochlear implantation to chart the progress the child is making with his/her cochlear implant when other formalized speech perception tests are not appropriate. |
PreOperative |
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Primary |
The Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) |
Parent questionnaire that consists of ten questions regarding a young infant or toddler's auditory behavior, e.g. "Does the child spontaneously respond to his/her name in quiet with auditory cues?" Each question is scored on a five point scale: 0=never, 1=rarely, 2=occasionally, 3=frequently, and 4=always. The aim of this tool is to assess the benefit of the child's personal amplification device(s). This questionnaire is generally used during the cochlear implant work-up to assess hearing aid benefit. It is also used post-cochlear implantation to chart the progress the child is making with his/her cochlear implant when other formalized speech perception tests are not appropriate. |
Post-operative through 2 years |
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Primary |
The Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedure Word Test (GASP) |
Speech perception test that contains 12 single-syllable and multisyllable words. The child will be tested in the bilateral listening condition. This test is always administered in a live-voice mode. The child is asked to repeat the word presented by the clinician. The child is encouraged to use sign if his or her verbal approximations are not clear to the clinician. This test is the easiest open-set measure in this battery because it includes common vocabulary and the speaker is familiar. It can be administered to children as young as two years of age. |
Post-operatively through study completion (child is 5 years of age) or until the child scores 90% or better in all test conditions |
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Primary |
The Early Speech Perception Four Choice Spondee and Monosyllable |
Speech perception tests that requires the identification of a spondee or monosyllable from a set of four spondees (i.e., French fry, airplane, hotdog, popcorn) or monosyllables (i.e., ball, book, bird, boat), respectively presented in quiet. The CID test will be scored as total number of words correct. It will be administered in both the unilateral and bilateral listening conditions at 70 dB C. |
Post-operatively through study completion (child is 5 years of age) or until the child scores 90% or better in all test conditions |
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Primary |
The Multisyllabic Lexical Neighborhood Test |
Open-set word recognition tests. The experimenter gives a list of 24 words and the participants are expected to repeat the word after each presentation. The MLNT consists of two parallel lists. The LNT and MLNT are based on the lexical characteristics of word frequency and neighborhood density, and include words found in the vocabularies of children age three to five. The child will be tested in the bilateral listening condition at 70 dB C. |
Post-operatively through study completion at which time the child is 5 years of age. |
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Primary |
Phonetically Balanced-Kindergarten |
The PB-K test has multiple 50 word lists. The test will be scored as total number of words correct as well as phonemically. It will be administered in both the unilateral and bilateral listening conditions at 70 dB C |
Post-operatively through study completion at which time the child is 5 years of age. |
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Secondary |
The Preschool Language Scale-3 (PLS-3) |
A standardized language test that is used to measure the language development of children with normal hearing aged 0 months to 83 months. The test evaluates "Expressive Communication" and "Auditory Comprehension" and is designed to evaluate skills in a variety of areas: vocal development, social communication, attention, semantics (content), structure (form), and integrative thinking skills. |
Pre-Operative |
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Secondary |
The Preschool Language Scale-3 (PLS-3) |
A standardized language test that is used to measure the language development of children with normal hearing aged 0 months to 83 months. The test evaluates "Expressive Communication" and "Auditory Comprehension" and is designed to evaluate skills in a variety of areas: vocal development, social communication, attention, semantics (content), structure (form), and integrative thinking skills. |
Post-operatively through study completion at which time the child is 5 years of age. |
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Secondary |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Development Scale (PPVT). |
The PPVT (Dunn & Dunn, 1997) is a standardized, norm-referenced measure of receptive vocabulary skills. The test is a multiple-choice measure consisting of sets of four black and white line drawings. The examiner names one of the pictures and the test recipient is expected to indicate which picture has been labeled, either verbally or through pointing. |
Post-operatively through study completion at which time the child is 5 years of age. |
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Secondary |
Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-2 |
The GFTA-2 is a standardized, norm-based articulation measure that samples spontaneous sound production. Children are asked to respond to picture plates and verbal cues from the examiner with single words that test consonant accuracy in initial, medial, and final positions. This measure has norms based on the performance of normal-hearing children from age 2 years to 21 years. |
Post-operatively through study completion at which time the child is 5 years of age. |
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