(1) Investigation of emotion recognition with audio only and bimodal integration in NH and HI populations.(2) Investigate the individual variations in emotion recognition, and in cognitive compensatory mechanisms, to produce knowledge that can…
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Health condition
hearing impairment
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The study parameters will be profiles that specify emotion perception
parameters for the groups NH and HI, and profiles of individual HI listeners.
These profiles will be based on a combination of behavioural measures (reaction
times, accuracy, and psychoacoustic sensitivities) and objective measures
(pupillometry, EEG and eye-tracking) to assess listening effort and cognitive
processing.
Secondary outcome
Not applicable
Background summary
Individuals with hearing loss encounter difficulties in speech perception in
noisy listening environments. Similarly, the inability to hear the acoustic
speech cues likely results in a decreased ability to identify emotions
correctly. Nonverbal information such as emotion recognition is essential for
human communication, we constantly need to decipher emotional cues in everyday
life. While emotion recognition for normal hearing (NH) listeners has
previously been explored, there is a lack of research regarding emotion
perception in individuals with hearing loss. This project aims to complete the
gap of knowledge involving emotion recognition in hearing impaired (HI) adults,
so that effective hearing rehabilitation programs can be developed for this
population.
In everyday life, we rely not only on auditory cues, our visual perception
compensates for deteriorated auditory information (such as lip-reading,
gestures). Therefore, one sensory mode may compensate for the other in
enhancing the individuals* understanding of speech and also their recognition
of emotion. The goal of this project is to examine emotion recognition by HI
listeners in an ecologically valid manner, i.e. by investigating emotion
recognition in both sensory modes of auditory and visual, and through
audio-visual integration. Furthermore, this project will accommodate individual
differences in emotion perception. These individual differences are already
evident in NH populations, and it is expected for this variation to increase in
HI listeners, due to the additional factors of aetiology, cognitive skills,
aging, and similar.
Study objective
(1) Investigation of emotion recognition with audio only and bimodal
integration in NH and HI populations.
(2) Investigate the individual variations in emotion recognition, and in
cognitive compensatory mechanisms, to produce knowledge that can enable new
individualised methods for hearing rehabilitation.
(3) Develop a training paradigm, for example involving avatars, musical
training or other methods, to aid hearing rehabilitation.
Study design
This is an observational study that will include non-invasive behavioural and
physiological testing, the entire duration of this study will be two years for
all the stages. The study design will consist of three stages that will
accommodate the objective of this research, being an individual-based strategy
to hearing rehabilitation in emotion recognition. Due to the fact that the
literature on this topic is limited for our specific requirements, a pilot
experiment will be utilised for each stage of this research. Since the exact
procedure, stimuli and study parameters required are unknown for this specific
context, it is necessary to include these pilots so that the most effective
method can be refined to accurately conduct this research and so that any
unnecessary burden on the participants (especially for HI and older
individuals) is avoided for the experiments. There are stimulus databases
available in the laboratory, but depending on the outcome of the pilot
experiments, new recordings may be developed.
Study burden and risks
There is no known risk or benefit for participating in this experiment.
Sufficient breaks will be given to the participant.
UMCG, KNO BB21, Hanzeplein 1 UMCG, KNO BB21, Hanzeplein 1
Groningen 9713GZ
NL
UMCG, KNO BB21, Hanzeplein 1 UMCG, KNO BB21, Hanzeplein 1
Groningen 9713GZ
NL
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Inclusion criteria
Normal Hearing controls:
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
- Age > 18 years, but younger than 75 years
- Healthy subjects
- Audiometry with hearing level * 20 db HL puretone thresholds from 250 to 8000 Hz bilaterally (in both ears)
- Native Dutch speaker (Dutch was the only language acquired within the first three years of their life);Hearing Impaired subjects:
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
- Age > 18 years, but younger than 75 years
- Healthy subjects, other than hearing disorders
- Native Dutch speaker (Dutch was the only language acquired within the first three years of their life)
Exclusion criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- Known linguistic or speech disorders (such as dyslexia)
- Non-native dutch speaker
- All subjects who appear not in good health
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL62553.042.17 |