perceptive hearing loss, deafness
Conditions
Interventions
In this study, up to 30 CI users will participate in psychophysical testing
Sponsors
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
16 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:• Postlingually deafened adults (>16 years).• Legally capable• Excellent spoken and written Dutch, at the level of a ‘native’.• Implanted with a cochlear implant of Advanced Bionics on one or both ears.• At least 12 months experience with their Cl (experienced subjects).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:Disorders other than a hearing impairment that could affect the study results.Not able to complete 4 hours of testing.Electrode-contacts with impedances larger than 15 kOhm are excluded from the measurement, but this is not an exclusion criterion for the whole subject.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reaction time performance on three psychophysical tasks. Also performance on audiological tasks (e.g., speech recognition scores). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Speech understanding scores, such as the Dutch consonant-vowel-consonant test (“NVA”-test) and the digits-in-noise test. Other secondary study parameters are medical or technical information of the subject, used to explain the results. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactJ.H.M. Frijns
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Outcome results
None listed