Everyday listening and social life after cochlear implants
Official title: Beyond Clinical Measures: Auditory-Social Experience and Robust Communication Skills in Adults Following Cochlear Implantation
Funded at Ohio State University · NIH-11478394 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project looks at how people's daily listening and social experiences after cochlear implants help them build stronger communication skills.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R21 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Ohio State University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Columbus, UNITED STATES) |
| Project start | December 1, 2021 |
| Project end | May 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2024 |
| Award (this year) | $41,423 |
| NIH project number | 7R21DC019382-04 |
| Project ID | NIH-11478394 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Adults with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss who have recently received a cochlear implant or are planning implantation would be the ideal participants.
✕Less likely to help
People without cochlear implants, children, or those whose hearing loss has different causes may not benefit directly from this work.
What this research studies
If you are an adult getting a cochlear implant, this work follows how your everyday listening and social interactions change after implantation. The team combines real-world measures of daily auditory and social experience with lab tests of speech recognition and cognitive-linguistic skills. They aim to link differences in everyday experience to how quickly and well new users adapt to their implants. Findings will point to which everyday activities or supports might help people improve communication in real life.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Results could guide more personalized rehabilitation and everyday strategies to improve real-world communication and social engagement after cochlear implantation.
How similar studies have gone: Traditional clinical speech tests have helped predict some outcomes but using detailed everyday auditory-social experience to explain outcome differences is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
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Ohio State University
Columbus, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Tamati, Terrin Nichole — Ohio State University
- Study coordinator: Tamati, Terrin Nichole
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.