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EARLY DETECTION OF DEAFNESS IN A MEMORY CENTER

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Deafness
Cognitive Disorder
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: VRB test
Registration Number
NCT06088953
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Lille
Brief Summary

Age-related hearing loss (ARHL), like neurodegenerative diseases, appears insidiously with age. As major public health issues, they are nonetheless under-diagnosed because the presence of one can hinder the objectification of the other.

The CogAudio project aims to detect early and in an ambulatory mode in a memory centre a speech perception disorder in noise thanks to the VRB test in patients weakened by cognitive disorders.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient with mild to moderate cognitive impairment, with an MMSE score ≥15/30
  • Patient mastering the French language
  • Patient who has given written consent to participate in the trial
  • Socially insured patient
  • Patient willing to comply with all study procedures and duration
  • Patient accompanied by a study partner
Exclusion Criteria
  • Medical history of diagnosed deafness, fitted or not
  • History of progressive otological pathology or presence of tympanic obstruction (>1/3 of the surface of the eardrum)
  • History of unstabilized psychiatric pathology
  • Major visual impairment (Age-Related Macular Degeneration AMD...)
  • Established diagnosis of major language disorders (Primary Progressive Aphasia APP...)
  • Major under legal protection measure

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
perception disorder in noise in patients weakened by cognitive disorders.VRB testThe CogAudio project aims to detect early and in an ambulatory mode in a memory centre a speech perception disorder in noise thanks to the VRB test in patients weakened by cognitive disorders.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Ability of the VRB test to detect deafness in patients over 50 with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.3 months

Area under the ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve of the VRB test for hearing loss screening.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Frequency of patients with hearing aids at 12 months.3 months or 12 months

Frequency of patients with hearing aids at 12 months from inclusion

correlation between the hearing loss and the auditory discomfort (complaint) expressed by the patient and that observed by the caregiver3 months or 12 months

Hearing loss is defined by the VRB test score. The auditory complaint expressed by the patient is defined by the score on the HHIE-S questionnaire completed by the patient himself; the auditory complaint noted by the entourage is defined by the score on the adapted HHIE-S questionnaire completed by the caregiver present at the consultation at M0.

Evolution of the cognitive and functional profile at 12 months between patients with deafness and patients without deafness.3 months or 12 months

Variation in scores between M0 and M12 on EQ-5D-3L neuropsychological test.

To assess the diagnostic values of the VRB threshold associated with a disorder of speech comprehension in noise defined in the general population to screen for deafness in patients over 50 years of age with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.3 months or 12 months

Sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values of the pathological threshold defined in the general population (\>3 BSR ) for hearing loss screening (as defined in the primary endpoint)

To assess the correlation between an objective cortical marker of selective attention (long latency evoked potentials: P300 wave amplitude; patients' ability to discriminate sounds in silence), and subjects' performance in tone audiometry in silence3 months or 12 months

Amplitude and latency of the P300 wave; Tone audiometry score in silence.

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