Classroom Acoustics Study

Enroll your child in a study to find out how classroom acoustics
affect their ability to understand speech.

Photo of 3 young children with cochlear implants.

Who May Participate?

Children ages 6-12 who use a cochlear implant and were implanted before age 3.

Testing:

Your child will be asked to name a series of pictures and/or point to pictures that are named by the tester. Your child will also listen to words from recordings made in classrooms, which will be played from a CD player directly into the cochlear implant, and he/she will repeat the words. All of the data for the study will be collected in a single, two-hour session.

Benefits of Your Child's Participation:

Participation of your child will contribute towards a better understanding of requirements for designing classrooms for children using cochlear implants and how these requirements may differ from requirements for children with normal hearing.

Compensation:

Your child or family (depending on your preference) will be compensated for your time and will be reimbursed for travel expenses (roundtrip subway or bus fare or parking expenses (with receipt)). Your child will also receive a “prize” at the end of the session.

Summary:

We know that poor classroom acoustics can interfere with the ability to hear and understand speech.

Very little information is available on how classroom acoustics affect the hearing of speech by young children with cochlear implants.

We are examining children’s ability to hear speech recorded in typical classroom environments. The information collected in this study will be used to help improve classroom acoustic conditions for children with cochlear implants, and for children with normal hearing.

660 First Ave, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016

For information or to schedule an appointment

contact Marcin Wroblewski at 212-263-8455

marcin.wroblewski@med.nyu.edu

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This study has been approved by the Office of Institutional Board of Research Associates, NYU School of Medicine. IRB #05-419, Arlene Neuman, PhD, principal investigator.

This study is sponsored by a grant from the US Department of Education, National Institute of Disability Research and Rehabilitation.