Effects and costs of Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Children (RCT).
Suspended
- Conditions
- DeafnessHearing loss
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24087
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Department of ENT
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age ¡Ü 2 years;
2. Current clinically used cochlear implant criteria of the multidisciplinary cochlear implant team of the UMC Utrecht;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Abnormal cochlear anatomy in one or both ears;
2. Chronic ear infection in one or both ears;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Performance on the non-looking vocal turns (NLVT) component of the Tait video analysis in the individual patient¡¯s best aided condition.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Localisation abilities assessed with the:<br>A. Left-Right discrimination test;<br /><br>B. Movement Tracking Test;<br /><br>C. 3-alternative localisation test.<br /><br>2. Assessment of speech perception in noise with the spatial release from masking (SRM) test;<br /><br>3. Assessment of auditory pathway development with ABR and cortical auditory evoked potentials.