Assessing and Addressing Behaviors in Children With Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Parenting
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Hearing Loss
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Parent is age 18 years or older and the custodial guardian
- The child is aged 3-5 years and lives full-time in the caregiver's home
- The child has had a hearing aid or cochlear implant for at least 6 months and is currently being treated for hearing loss
- The child scores above the 70th but below the 90th percentile on the externalizing subscale of the CBCL/1.5-575 (i.e., elevated level of disruptive behavior problems without clear need for specialized behavioral services)
- Parent can speak, understand, and read English
Exclusion Criteria:
- The child has been diagnosed with a severe developmental condition (e.g., extreme developmental delay, severe autism, or debilitating neurological conditions, for which this intervention may not be adequate or appropriate)
- The parent already has accessed behavioral health services for the child
Sites / Locations
- Lexington Hearing and Speech Academy
- University of Kentucky
- Heuser Hearing Institute
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Placebo Comparator
Experimental
Control Group
Intervention Group
The control group will include 3 hearing aid (HA) and 3 cochlear implant (CI) caregiver-child dyads. Parents in the control group will receive an initial assessment session followed by three behavioral placebo sessions followed by a post-placebo-intervention assessment. All sessions will be delivered in the patients' usual hearing clinics and will last between 60 and 90 minutes. One month post-intervention, participants will complete post-test measures repeating baseline measures, plus acceptability ratings of intervention.
The intervention group will include 3 hearing aid (HA) and 3 cochlear implant (CI) caregiver-child dyads. Intervention parents receive the initial assessment session followed by the 3-session Family Check Up Behavioral Parenting Training Program (BPT) within one month of baseline assessment followed by a post-intervention assessment. All sessions will be delivered in the patients' usual hearing clinics and will last between 60 and 90 minutes. One month post-intervention, participants will complete post-test measures repeating baseline measures, plus acceptability ratings of intervention.