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MusiCI - Music Therapy in Early Rehabiliation after Cochlear Implantation - impact on speech comprehensio

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Early Rehabilitation following cochlear implantation - impact of music therapy
Z96.2
Presence of otological and audiological implants
Registration Number
DRKS00013454
Lead Sponsor
Deutsches Zentrum für Musiktherapieforschung DZM e.V.
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

• Postlinguale deafness
• native speaker competence in German language
• unilateral cochlear implant (any commonly used device with medical certification, independent from manufacturer)
• age = 18 years
• Surgery, initial fitting of the speech processor and early rehabiliation at the ENT-clinic of the Heidelberg University Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• prelingual or congenital deafness
• bilateral cochlear implant
• clinical diagnosis of a serious mental, neurological or psychiatric disease (e.g. psychosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, drug or alcohol addiction)
• status post traumatic brain injury or cerebral ischemia
• psychotropic medication that cannot be discontinued before the cochlear implantation
• Inability to speak, read and/or comprehend German language
• Inability to give written consent

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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