Presbyacousie
Conditions
Brief summary
Presbyacusis, or age-related hearing loss, is a public health problem, affecting 20% of men and 30% of women over the age of 70 according to the WHO. In the most incapacitating cases, hearing aids are required. Numerous studies have evaluated the benefits of hearing aids, particularly in terms of improved hearing and quality of life. However, the specific effect of music on language skills has not yet been studied in hearing-impaired older adults. In this context, it was decided to study the effect of musical priming on the syntactic abilities of adults aged 70 or older with presbyacusis. This study is based on the hypothesis that music priming with regular music optimizes the syntax language skills of people with presbyacusis, as has already been proven in adults and normal-hearing children.
Interventions
OTHERAudiogram
Tonal and vocal free-field without lip-reading
OTHERMusical priming for the syntax test
Listening to music with a regular or irregular rhythm, then judging the grammaticality of 2x6 blocks of French sentences interrupted by a pause, each block presenting 4 sentences including 2 grammatically correct sentences and 2 grammatically incorrect sentences. The sentences are pronounced by a French female voice at a natural rhythm and comfortable volume.
OTHERTest MMSE
test to assess a person's cognitive functions and memory capacity.
OTHERBarcelona Music Reward Questionnaire
20 questions exploring 5 main facets of the musical reward experience, with 4 items for each of the 5 facets, for which participants indicate the level of agreement using a 5-level scale, ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree".
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
70 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* No objection to participation in the study * Men and women aged ≥ 70 years * Patients diagnosed with presbyacusis (age-related bilateral and symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss, all stages combined), with or without the use of a bilateral hearing aid. * If they use a hearing aid: hearing must have an average free-field fitted tonal threshold of 40 dB max and free-field fitted speech discrimination without lip-reading of 90-100% at 60dB in silence. * MMSE score ≥ 24/30
Exclusion criteria
* Person under legal protection (curatorship, guardianship) * Person under court order * Adult unable to provide consent * Person with a neurocognitive disorder (post-stroke, dyslexia, dyspraxia) or neuro-psychiatric disorder (dementia, autism) * Severe sensorineural hearing loss with mean free-field threshold \> 40 dB and free-field speech discrimination without lip-reading of \< 90-100% at 60dB in silence * Asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss due to an additional cause of hearing loss on one side. Secondary
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| linguistic performance test focusing on syntax. | At baseline |
Countries
France
Contacts
CONTACTAlexis BOZORG-GRAYELI
Outcome results
None listed