Following the Sound of Music
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60-101
SponsorNortheastern University
About this trial
The proposed study will enroll healthy older adult participants to examine the effectiveness of music listening activities to promote hearing and cognition. Participants will be randomized into one of four experimental groups and can expect to participate for up to 21 hours of research distributed over 20 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age: 60+
No self-reported auditory difficulties and normal or near-normal hearing sensitivity as measured by SRTs.
Should have no more than typical hearing loss for their age and no evidence of dementia.
Fluent in English and/or Spanish
Disqualifiers
Abnormal vision or hearing prohibitive of training
History of seizures, focal brain lesion, or head injury with loss of consciousness
Physical handicap (motor or perceptual) that would impede training procedures
Social, educational or economic hardship prohibitive to training schedule Concurrent enrollment in other cognitive training studies
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Music Listening with Attentional prompts
- Music Listening
- Tone listening with Attentional prompts
Treatment groups
216 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov