Cochlear Implantation
Conditions
Keywords
cochlear implantation, humanoid robot
Brief summary
The quality of the rehabilitation of deafness in children with cochlear implantation is a major prognostic factor for the outcome on speech comprehension and oral expression. This rehabilitation is carried out cooperatively by the hospital cochlear implantation team, and by a speech therapist located near the child's home. The multi-weekly sessions represent a constraint for the child and his parents. Complementary training work at home would make it possible to balance the equity in the distribution of care in the territory, and should promote the progress of the child, who is more inclined to use a tool available at home.
Detailed description
The humanoid robot should allow an ecological approach to this additional rehabilitation. Before developing this approach, it is necessary to study the acceptability of the humanoid robot at home, both by the parents and by the cochlear implanted child. The main objective of this study is to assess the acceptability by the child and his family, of a humanoid robot installed at home for one month. The secondary objectives are to describe the acceptability of the child and his family that is the relationship to technology, the intention of use, expectations, perceived utility, perception of the robot and facilitating conditions before then after 1 month of using the robot at home, \- describe the child's acceptability with respect to his experience, his fun and the emotions felt when he uses the robot at home
Interventions
DEVICEInteraction with humanoid robot
A humanoid robot will be installed for 30 days in children. It has a touchscreen tablet, allowing manual interaction complementing the voice interaction. The robot speaks, hears, and has facial and voice identification.
Sponsors
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
University Hospital, Toulouse
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Child aged 8 to 12, user of his cochlear implant with a favorable family environment, * Child implanted with at least one cochlear implant undergoing speech therapy rehabilitation, and monitored by the pediatric cochlear implant unit (UPIC) of the Toulouse University Hospital * Child and his family whose mother tongue is French * Affiliation to a social security scheme
Exclusion criteria
* Cognitive or psychological inability or refusal of the participant to give written consent * Other sensory or motor deficit that may interfere with the use of the robot * Unstable psychiatric pathology * Child with both parents benefiting from a legal protection measure
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of a humanoid robot | month 1 | assess by the number of weekly hours during which the child uses the robot. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Relationship to technology | month 1 | Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community |
| Intention of use | month 1 | Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community |
| Relationship with the robot | month 1 | Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community |
| User experience | Month 1 | Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community |
| participants' expectations | Month 1 | Measurement by sentence completion which consists of giving the beginning of a sentence and letting the user complete the rest of the sentence |
| 3Emethod | Month 1 | Evaluation of emotions in the form of a drawing with a speech bubble and a thought bubble. |
| classification of activities | Month 1 | classification according to various criteria (good functioning, fun, ease of use) |
| Feedback | Month 1 | with a Semi-structured interview on the use of the robot |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed