What to Expect

All information that you give us is kept strictly confidential. That means we don’t share it with anyone, not even your service provider (Of course, we will always be willing to share information about your child with you.)

Once we have received your completed questionnaire, we will review the information to make sure that your child meets the criteria for participation. Sometimes we are unable to use a child in our study. The reason is always simple, and does not reflect anything negative about the child who cannot participate. For example, we need to make sure that all children are the ages we said they would be when we applied for the grant from the federal government, and that their hearing losses were diagnosed at very specific ages.

Next we will give your name to the individual doing testing in your area. She will contact you about setting up an appointment to do the testing. We will not give any information to the person doing the testing, other than your name, your child’s name, your address, and phone number. That way the person working with you and your child will not know anything about you and your child or your intervention program when you are tested.

What can I expect the test sessions to be like?

This grant is funded by the National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH-NIDCD) – Grant number R01 DC 006237.

Read the abstract about the grant at the NIH website.