Reverberation Effects on MED-EL Recipients

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hearing Loss, Sensorineural

Treatments: Other: Simulated reverberant environment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03143296

20170198

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate speech understanding in simulated reverberant environments with MED-EL cochlear implant recipients.

Full description

The study will determine if electrode length and coding strategy effect performance. The investigator will also study performance over time with new recipients.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• MED-EL current cochlear implant recipients of the Flex 24 or 28 will be included
• Minimum of 6 months experience with their cochlear implant
• Minimum of 10 new adult Med-El recipients of the Flex 24 or Flex 28 electrodes
• Patient at the University of Miami

Exclusion criteria

• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Current recipient of a Med-El cochlear implant

Experimental group

Description:

Participants who have received a MED-EL cochlear implant as a standard of care for treatment of hearing loss. Participants are tested at one time point with a simulated reverberant environment.

Treatment:

Other: Simulated reverberant environment

Future Med-El Recipient

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cochlear implant candidates not yet implanted and chose Med-El device as standard of care for treatment of hearing loss. Participants are tested at 3 time points over 6 months in a simulated reverberant environment.

Treatment:

Other: Simulated reverberant environment