Validation of a Swiss German Language Test for Children

NCT ID: NCT06567613

Last Updated: 2026-01-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-10-10

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to validate a Swiss German children's language test. Standard values for the speech intelligibility of Swiss German monosyllables and disyllables for children with normal hearing aged 4-6 years are recorded.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Speech test

The hearing screening ensures normal hearing before enrollment. The speech reception threshold for swiss german mono- and bisyllable words is determined in an adaptive procedure.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

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Hearing screening

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Native Swiss German speakers
* Hearing threshold better than 20dB HL at 0.5, 1, 2 and 4kHz
* Written informed consent by the parents

Exclusion Criteria

* Hearing loss
* Cognitive impairment
Minimum Eligible Age

4 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Zürich

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Luzerner Kantonsspital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Christoph Schmid

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Inselspital Bern, Berne University Hospital

Locations

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Universitätsspital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Inselspital Bern

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status

Kantonsspital Luzern

Lucerne, , Switzerland

Site Status

Universitätsspital Zürich

Zurich, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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5739

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2024-00463

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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