Cochlear Implant
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if aural rehabilitation adds measurable benefit and participant satisfaction to a cochlear implant recipient's overall treatment. Also, the study is designed to compare the efficacy of a commercially available aural rehabilitation program (LACE) and an electronic program which takes advantage of a traditional form of auditory training (NOOK) for cochlear implant users.
Detailed description
The primary objective of this study is to determine if aural rehabilitation adds measurable benefit and participant satisfaction to a cochlear implant recipient's overall treatment. The secondary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of a commercially available aural rehabilitation program (LACE) and an electronic program which takes advantage of a traditional form of auditory training (NOOK) for cochlear implant users.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLACE
commercially available LACE program which is administered by computer as daily lessons. The participants will do this program for one month
BEHAVIORALNOOK
will use an electronic reader (Barnes and Noble - NOOK device) to do speech tracking.will do this activity for approximately one hour per day for five days out of seven for a total of four weeks. The speech tracking activity will involve reading approximately two books within the one month time frame. The participants will listen to the book while reading an unabridged book in printed form.
Sponsors
Mayo Clinic
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Criteria for Inclusion: * Willingness to participate * Ability to provide informed written consent * Willingness to follow study protocol * Eighteen years or older at the time of signing the consent form * Cochlear implant experience for 12 months or greater * Spoken English as the first language * Access to a home computer which meets the minimal requirements to run appropriate program or the ability to use an electronic reader depending on which group the participant is assigned to. * Reports being comfortable using a computer if in the LACE group Criteria for Exclusion: * Unable or unwillingness to sign informed written consent * Unable or unwillingness to follow study protocol * Non-English speaking or English as a second language * No access to a computer if assigned to the LACE study group * Reports not being comfortable using a computer if assigned to the LACE study group.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Word recognition | baseline to 6 months | Word recognition will be measured using the Consonant Nucleus Consonant (CNC) Test, a 50 word open set test. |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | baseline to 6 months | The signal to noise ratio will be measured using the Bamford-Kowal-Bench (BKB) test. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Percent of speech comprehension | baseline to 6 months | Percent of speech comprehension will be measured by the AzBio Sentence Lists, which were created at Arizona State University and evaluate speech understanding. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed