Characterizing the Impact of Auditory Experience on Cognitive, Language, and Neural Outcomes in Children

The goals of this study are to understand how a child's brain works during attention, memory, and language tasks, and whether hearing loss affects how these processes occur in the brain.

Tasks: Participants will complete noninvasive imaging with magnetoencephalography (MEG) during a series of cognitive and language tasks, MRI, neurobehavioral testing, and an audiogram.

• Who: Children with and without hearing loss
• Age: 7-15 years
• Compensation: Up to $170
• Time: 3-4 visits of 1​-3 hours each
• Visit Type: In-person
• Location: Boys Town Campus
• Requirements: Children with bilateral mild-to-severe hearing loss who wear hearing aids and children without hearing loss.

Contact: 531-355-8937; CASI.Lab@boystown.org