Longitudinal investigation of the influence of frequency, level and latency adjustment in cochlear implant users on localization ability and speech intelligibility in background noise

Longitudinal investigation of the influence of frequency, level and latency adjustment in cochlear implant users on localization ability and speech intelligibility in background noise - NOBIS

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00022296

Enrollment

Registered

2020-08-11

Start date

2020-06-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

H91.9

Interventions

Group 1: improved processor fitting Group 2: standard processor fitting

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: bimodal (CI and contra-lateral hearing aid/contra-lateral normally hearing) patients: air conduction thresholds of up to 70 dB HL at frequencies up to 2 kHz, single sided deaf patients CI of company MedEl

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: bilateral CI treated patients, younger than 18 years, no acoustic hearing in the CI contralateral ear, CI other than MedEl

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of speech intelligibility using the Oldenburg sentence test in the background noise of bimodal CI users.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of the localization ability of bimodal CI users.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAndreas Radeloff

Universitätsklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde

evelyn.buchholz@uni-oldenburg.de0441 236 7777

Outcome results

None listed

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