Early Rehabilitation following cochlear implantation - impact of music therapy Z96.2
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Music Therapy, main focus on prosody
(6 session individual music therapy à 50 minutes, during the time period 3-6 months after the initial activation of the speech processor)
Standard care in early rehabilitation (overall 16 "reha-days" during the first 12 months
contents are: fitting of the speech processor, auditory training, audiotherapy, group counseling, medical care)
Group 2: Music Therapy, main focus on auditory rehabilitation (music perception and appr
contents are: fitting of the speech processor, auditory training, audiotherapy, group counseling, medical care)
Group 3: waiting list control group without specific music therapy but standard care in
contents are: fitting of the speech processor, auditory training, audiotherapy, group counseling, medical care)
Sponsors
Deutsches Zentrum für Musiktherapieforschung DZM e.V.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Postlinguale deafness • native speaker competence in German language • unilateral cochlear implant (any commonly used device with medical certification, independent from manufacturer) • age = 18 years • Surgery, initial fitting of the speech processor and early rehabiliation at the ENT-clinic of the Heidelberg University Hospital
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • prelingual or congenital deafness • bilateral cochlear implant • clinical diagnosis of a serious mental, neurological or psychiatric disease (e.g. psychosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, drug or alcohol addiction) • status post traumatic brain injury or cerebral ischemia • psychotropic medication that cannot be discontinued before the cochlear implantation • Inability to speak, read and/or comprehend German language • Inability to give written consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main objectives are evaluation of hearing performance assessed by both objective tests (pure-tone audiometry, speech in noise tests, PC-based test on prosody ProsA), musical accuracy) and validated questionnaires (Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index, HISQUI) at three measurement times (3, 6, 12 months after initial activation of the speech processor) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NCIQ ((Nijmegen Cochlear Implantation Questionnaire): Subjective quality of life MUMU (Munich Music questionnaire): Music listening habits and musical appraisal at three measurement times (3, 6, 12 months after initial activation of the speech processor) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHeike Argstatter
Deutsches Zentrum für Musiktherapieforschung DZM e.V.
Outcome results
None listed