Cochlear Implant Severe deafness
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Keel, Neus- en Oorheelkunde en hoofdhalschirurgie
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Early-deafned, late-implanted CI users Post-lingually deafened, late implanted CI users Normal hearing listeners
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Congenitally deafened Neurological diseases that possibly interferes with speech and music perception or intelligence Non-native Dutch speakers
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameters are the percent correct scores for the different tests for speech perception, pitch-related speech perception and music perception. Furthermore, just-notable-differences (JND*s) for the vocal tract length and the fundamental frequency in the gender categorization task will be measured. For the subjective outcomes we will use the total outcome scores per questionnaire for quality of life, hearing ability and music enjoyment. The speech production will be scored using the speech intelligibillty ratio. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed