Optimization of Hearing Performance in the Subject Implanted

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, TOULOUSE · Apr 5, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is focused on improving the hearing abilities of people who are getting cochlear implants (CIs). Researchers want to learn how the hearing in one ear (the contralateral ear) can help people who are getting a CI in the other ear. They believe that understanding how people learn to hear better with the CI can lead to better support and rehabilitation strategies for those who receive the implants.

To participate in this trial, you need to be over 18 years old and have significant hearing loss in one ear while having normal or moderate hearing in the other. The trial is open to people who are about to get their first cochlear implant as well as those who already have one but may be considering getting another. If you join the study, you can expect to learn more about how to improve your hearing experience after getting the implant. The trial is currently looking for volunteers, so if you think you might qualify, it could be a great opportunity to help advance hearing rehabilitation strategies.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age\>18
• • Unilaterally postlingually-deafened adult cochlear implanted candidates (IC-Uni)
• • Person with almost normal or moderate contralateral hearing ( under 60dB)
• • Cochlear implanted person whose activation has not yet been performed
• • Cochlear implanted subjects with bilateral post-lingual profound deafness, who already benefit from a unilateral cochlear implant and candidates to a bilateral cochlear implant
• • Affiliated to social security
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • - Subjects under juridical protections or tutelage measure
• • Subjects with associated neurological or neurodegenerative conditions
• • Significant anatomical changes on CT scan of the temporal bone that may interfere with the insertion of the cochlear implant