Anatomy-Based Fitting in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
About this trial
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of an anatomy-based frequency distribution in comparison to a default frequency distribution in bimodal CI patients, i.e. wearing a cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid. Speech perception in quiet, speech perception in noise, consonant/vowel discrimination and pitch/timbre perception will be assessed in an acute set-up with both the default fitting map and the anatomy-based fitting map.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥ 18 years
Post-lingual onset of severe to profound sensory-neural hearing loss in the implanted ear(s)
Post-operative Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the CI electrode available
Subject implanted with MED-EL cochlear implant(s)
Disqualifiers
Lack of compliance with any inclusion criteria
Implanted with C40+, C40X and C40C
Implanted with an Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) or Split electrode array
Anything that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would place the subject at increased risk or pre-clude the subject's full compliance with or completion of the study
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Anatomy-based fitting
- Default fitting
Treatment groups
25 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Antwerp
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov