Reseach Summaries

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Principle Investigator:

• Leah Hall
• Email: HallL@chi.osu.edu

Date started:  

• Early 2004

Research Question:

Will there be an increase in visual motor integration, quality of handwriting, and fewer behaviors associated with sensory problems after 8 weeks of Therapeutic Listening?

Participants:  

11 children ages 6-10, all will have SI dysfunction and visual motor delay

Design:  

• Pre-test/post-test design with two initial baseline measures.   Subjects act as own controls.
• 4 weeks of SI, then 8 weeks of Therapeutic Listening
• OTs scoring assessments will be blind

Instruments:  

• Sensory Profile
• Developmental test of Visual and Motor Integration (VMI)
• Draw-a-person (DAP)
• ETCH (handwriting assessment)

Preliminary Results:

Expect results early 2005