Remote Evaluation of the Naída CI M90 (Marvel) Sound Processor

NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hearing Loss; Cochlear Hearing Loss

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05007886

292396

Details and patient eligibility

About

Within-subject comparison. Remotely Evaluating latest Advanced Bionics Marvel Sound Processor for cochlear implants, from two adult groups.

Full description

Within-subject comparison, standard of care CE marked Advanced Bionics device. Remote Evaluation of new CI Naida M sound processor through speech understanding in quiet and noise using standard clinical tests, subjective feedback on sound quality for a set of listening situations reflecting everyday use and a ease of use questionnaire. Two adult groups, one CI users and the other bimodal users. All tests completed remotely.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• CI users with a CI, HiRes90K (Advantage) or HiRes Ultra cochlear implant system

• Unilaterally implanted recipients using only a Naída Q sound processor

• Bimodal users: additionally using hearing aid on their contralateral ear

  • Minimum of 18 years of age
  • Minimum of five years' experience with their Naída Q sound processor
  • Minimum of six months experience with their contralateral hearing aid (if applicable)
  • Ability to give feedback on sound quality
  • Speech intelligibility with the BKB sentence test in noise at a +10 dB SNR > 10% as obtained during previous visits in the clinical routine or BKB >50% in quiet conditions if noise has previously not been tested
  • Fluent in English language

Exclusion criteria

• Difficulties additional to hearing impairment that would interfere with the study procedures
• Concurrent participation in any other clinical hearing study
• Not due to have their sound processor upgraded in line with normal clinical procedures