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Assessment of the Acceptability of a Humanoid Robot at Home for Children With Cochlear Implants - H2R2

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Cochlear Implantation
Interventions
Device: Interaction with humanoid robot
Registration Number
NCT04832373
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Toulouse
Brief Summary

The quality of the rehabilitation of deafness in children with cochlear implantation is a major prognostic factor for the outcome on speech comprehension and oral expression. This rehabilitation is carried out cooperatively by the hospital cochlear implantation team, and by a speech therapist located near the child's home. The multi-weekly sessions represent a constraint for the child and his parents. Complementary training work at home would make it possible to balance the equity in the distribution of care in the territory, and should promote the progress of the child, who is more inclined to use a tool available at home.

Detailed Description

The humanoid robot should allow an ecological approach to this additional rehabilitation. Before developing this approach, it is necessary to study the acceptability of the humanoid robot at home, both by the parents and by the cochlear implanted child. The main objective of this study is to assess the acceptability by the child and his family, of a humanoid robot installed at home for one month.

The secondary objectives are to describe the acceptability of the child and his family that is the relationship to technology, the intention of use, expectations, perceived utility, perception of the robot and facilitating conditions before then after 1 month of using the robot at home,

- describe the child's acceptability with respect to his experience, his fun and the emotions felt when he uses the robot at home

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria
  • Child aged 8 to 12, user of his cochlear implant with a favorable family environment,
  • Child implanted with at least one cochlear implant undergoing speech therapy rehabilitation, and monitored by the pediatric cochlear implant unit (UPIC) of the Toulouse University Hospital
  • Child and his family whose mother tongue is French
  • Affiliation to a social security scheme
Exclusion Criteria
  • Cognitive or psychological inability or refusal of the participant to give written consent
  • Other sensory or motor deficit that may interfere with the use of the robot
  • Unstable psychiatric pathology
  • Child with both parents benefiting from a legal protection measure

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Humanoid RobotInteraction with humanoid robot-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acceptability of a humanoid robotmonth 1

assess by the number of weekly hours during which the child uses the robot.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Relationship with the robotmonth 1

Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

User experienceMonth 1

Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

classification of activitiesMonth 1

classification according to various criteria (good functioning, fun, ease of use)

3EmethodMonth 1

Evaluation of emotions in the form of a drawing with a speech bubble and a thought bubble.

FeedbackMonth 1

with a Semi-structured interview on the use of the robot

Intention of usemonth 1

Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

Relationship to technologymonth 1

Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

participants' expectationsMonth 1

Measurement by sentence completion which consists of giving the beginning of a sentence and letting the user complete the rest of the sentence

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Toulouse - Service d'ORL, ORL pédiatrique et Otoneurologie

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Toulouse, France

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