Impact of Binaural Audition on Postural Performance and Orientation (AUDIPIC)

University Hospital Center (CHU) Dijon Bourgogne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Unilateral Cochlear Implants; Bilateral Cochlear Implants

Treatments: Other: Videonystagmoscopic study; Other: Posturographies study; Other: Audio-vestibular examination

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03201328

BOZORG GRAYELI GUIGOU UB 2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective research study talking place at University hospital of Dijon and requiring the inclusion of 20 healthy subjects, 10 patients with unilateral cochlear implants and 10 patients with bilateral cochlear implants to carry out:

• an audio-vestibular examination,
• a videonystagmoscopic study,
• a posturography study and
• a movement study. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of binaural audition on postural performance and orientation.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have provided written consent
• Patients with health insurance cover
• Age between 18 and 75 years old
• For subjects with implants: unilateral or bilateral cochlear implants for more than one year
• For healthy subjects: absence of known audio-vestibular disorders (deafness, vertigo)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients dependent on an aid to move around (cane, wheelchair, crutch, ...)
• Patients under guardianship
• Pregnant women
• Disability interfering with understanding or carrying out instructions
• Associated sensory or motor disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

15 participants in 3 patient groups

healthy subjects

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Posturographies study

Other: Videonystagmoscopic study

Other: Audio-vestibular examination

patients with unilateral cochlear implants

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Posturographies study

Other: Videonystagmoscopic study

Other: Audio-vestibular examination

patients with bilateral cochlear implants

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Posturographies study

Other: Videonystagmoscopic study

Other: Audio-vestibular examination