Cochlear Implants in Post-lingually Children: Results After 10 Years

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing Impairment; Deafness

• Registration Number: NCT01400178
• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo

Brief Summary

Objectives: To assess a group of post-lingually children after 10 years of implantation with regard to speech perception, speech intelligibility, and academic/occupational status.

Study Design: A prospective transversal study. Setting: Pediatric referral center for cochlear implantation. Patients: Ten post-lingually deafened children with Nucleus and Med-El cochlear implants.

Interventions: Speech perception and speech intelligibility tests and interview.

Main Outcome Measures: The main outcome measures were score of Hint sentences recognition (silence and noise), speech intelligibility scores(write-down intelligibility and rating scale scores) and academic/ occupational status.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-11
• Primary Completion: 2010-11
• Study Completion: 2011-02
• Study First Submitted: 2011-07-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2011-07-22
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-28
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• postlingually deaf
• age at cochlear implant: < 18 years
• more than 10 years of cochlear implant use

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Exclusion Criteria

• other disabilities

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bionic Ear Center; 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil