University of Illinois:  Nicotine Research Project

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Volunteers needed for a study investigating nicotine and age effects on the Auditory Middle Latency Response (AMLR)

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If interested print and complete a questionnaire about your age, health, and smoking behavior.  Return via campus or US mail.  Mailing information is on the questionnaire.

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VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS

 

WHO:                              Male and female smokers, age 18-30 years and 55 years or older.

 

HEALTH:                        Good overall health required. 

Must NOT have any of the following:

·                    alcohol or drug dependency

·                    neurological disease

·                    mental illness

·                    central nervous system disease

 

HEARING:                      Normal hearing preferred. Free hearing test offered to verify status.

 

WHAT:                            The program is a 3-step process.  Complete the questionnaire.  If approved, you will be notified of your free hearing appointment.  Accepted participants will be asked to come in for the evoked potential study as described below.

 

EVOKED

POTENTIAL STUDY:    Follow your normal smoking pattern.  Come in to the Evoked Potential lab after smoking half your daily cigarette consumption.  Sit in a recliner and listen to a click sound presented via earphones while sensors (electrodes) on your scalp record the AMLR.  Then smoke a cigarette and have the AMLR recorded again.  Provide a urine sample to verify nicotine content.  Duration: approximately 90 minutes.