Evaluation of a Binaural Beamformer (StereoZoom) in a Virtual Acoustic Environment and in Real Life
- Conditions
- Sensory Hearing Loss
- Registration Number
- NCT03361527
- Lead Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics AG
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4
Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - all participants, which signed the Informed Consent (Appendix Informed Consent Form)<br><br> - severe to profound hearing impairment - bilaterally implanted with either the CII or<br> HiRes90k cochlear implant devices<br><br> - experience with their more recent CI at least three months<br><br> - usage of the Naida CI sound processor on each ear for at least three months<br><br> - ability for speech understanding in the presence of competing noise without any<br> assistance from lip-reading<br><br> - score: at least 20% correct for a sentence test delivered with an SNR of +10 dB, or<br> an SRT of better (lower) than +15 dB<br><br> - ability to give subjective feedback in a certain listening situation<br><br> - first language: German or Swiss-German<br><br> - if participants are recruited additionally from other clinics, ability to travel to<br> Zurich<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Acute inflammation or pain in head-/neck area<br><br> - Dizziness<br><br> - Age of participants <18 years<br><br> - Age of participants > 80 years<br><br> - Any participant who is found to require substantial changes to their standard<br> clinical program may be either excluded, or be asked to first get used to the new<br> program before returning for the study test session.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method speech reception thresholds (SRT) assessment with audiological measures (omni);speech reception thresholds (SRT) assessment with audiological measures (BBF);speech reception thresholds (SRT) assessment with audiological measures (MBF)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method paired comparisons assessment with scaling (speech intelligibility);paired comparisons assessment with scaling (noise suppression);paired comparisons assessment with scaling (overall)