Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Lip-reading in Patients With Hearing Aids: SCED Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorInstitut Pasteur

About this trial

This study aims to investigate whether lip reading rehabilitation improves viseme recognition in individuals with hearing impairments who use hearing aids.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patient aged 18 or older

Affiliated with a social security system

Moderate to severe bilateral post-lingual hearing loss, fitted with hearing aids for more than 6 months

Wearing hearing aids for a minimum of 8 hours/day on average over the past month

Disqualifiers

Patient who has already undergone speech therapy rehabilitation as part of their hearing loss treatment

Diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease or history of brain injury (traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor, meningitis, etc.)

Uncorrected vision or visual impairment affecting lip reading (e.g. AMD, glaucoma, unoperated cataract, etc.)

Presence of severe tinnitus (score > 56) on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) questionnaire

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Speechreading training

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

Institut Pasteur

Lead sponsor

IHU reConnect

Collaborator