Improving adult Cochlear Implant users* speech recognition by optimizing fitting parameters.

Completed

• Conditions: hearing impairment; hearing loss; 10019243

• Registration Number: NL-OMON49674
• Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 18 years or older (all study parts); Patients with at least 1
year of CI experience after activation; Patients with onset of severe hearing
impairment after the age of 7 years (all study parts); Native Dutch speakers;
Patients using a Nucleus 5, 6 of 7 CP800 or CP900 or CP1000 processor and the
Freedom implant, with full insertion and 22 active electrodes.

Exclusion Criteria

Disability which could interfere with the completion of the tests (i.e.
psychiatrie problems, dyslexia or severe health problems); Additional handicaps
that may prevent participation in evaluations; Patients with deviating map
parameters (i.e., number of maxima, or pulses per second (PPS)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Speech intelligibility test results with optimized MAP parameters, compared to<br /><br>the speech test intelligibility results with standard MAP parameters. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>not applicable.</p><br>