Development of a home-based auditory training to improve speech recognition on the telephone for patients with cochlear implants: a randomized trial

Development of a home-based auditory training to improve speech recognition on the telephone for patients with cochlear implants: a randomized trial - TraTelCI

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010860

Enrollment

Registered

2016-08-01

Start date

2012-11-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Cochlear implant H91.9

Interventions

Group 1: Patients receive auditory training for 10-14 weeks with training material filtered specifically to the frequencies 0.3 - 3.4 kHz (using Heidelberger CI-Trainings-CD). At visit 1, patients are

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) more than 6 months experience with the Cochlear Implant (2) German as mother tongue

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) retrocochlear hearing disorder (2) no sufficient compliance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Difference in speech recognition in a modified version of the Oldenburg Sentence Test, assessed at visit 1 and after 10-14 weeks at visit 2	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pure tone audiometry, speech recognition in Freiburg Monosyllabic Test, subjective satisfaction (APHAB questionnaire). Secondary outcome parameters are assessed at visit 1 and after 10-14 weeks at visit 2.	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026