Speech recognition in noise in single-sided deaf cochlear implant children using digital wireless adaptive microphone technology (Roger)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014667
- Lead Sponsor
- HNO-Uniklinik Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
Age: = 5 years and = 12 years
- Native language: German
- unilaterally provided with a cochlear implant; over 6 months of hearing experience with the CI speech processor
- unprovided for hearing of the poorer hearing (CI) ear: medium air conduction hearing threshold (500, 1000, 2000, 4000 Hz) > 70 dB HL
- hearing capacity of the better hearing ear: air conduction hearing threshold up to 4000 Hz = 30 dB HL, speech comprehension in the Oldenburg children sentences test at 65 dB(A) = 80%
Exclusion Criteria
relevant neurological and/or psychiatric associated disease (e.g. cognitive impairment, epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease, brain tumor, depression, etc.)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method (1) Proof of improved speech understanding in noise for a distant frontal speaker in SSD-CI children using digital wireless adaptive microphone technology Roger. <br><br>(2) Proff of improved speech understanding in noise for a near lateral speaker in SSD-CI children using digital wireless adaptive microphone technology Roger.<br><br>Both primary outcomes are tested with audiometric tests, speech recognition in noise (Oldenburg children's sentence test), with and without Roger digital wireless adaptive microphone technology.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Subjective assessment of the benefits of the application of Roger using the FM Listening Evaluation for Children questionnaire (Gabbard, 2003).