N6 Input Processing in Traditional CI Recipients

Cochlear

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hearing Loss

Treatments: Device: Nucleus 6 Sound Processor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02239263

CAM5555

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the enhanced signal processing features of the Nucleus 6 Sound Processor on existing Nucleus cochlear implant recipients currently using the Nucleus 5 Sound Processor.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Greater than 12 years
• Unilateral cochlear implant recipient (CI24RE, CI500, CI422)
• Minimum of 3 months experience with the N5 sound processor
• Prior documentation of sentence recognition testing in noise at a difficulty of +10 dB SNR or better
• Native English speaker
• Willingness to participate in and comply with all requirements of the protocol

Exclusion criteria

• Unrealistic expectations
• Unwillingness to comply with investigational requirements of the protocol
• Additional handicaps that would prevent or restrict participation in the evaluations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

N6 Input Processing Features

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Nucleus 6 Sound Processor