Speech Perception of a Tonotopy-based Fitting for Cochlear Implant Recipients for 6 Months With Conventional Setting

ConditionSensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorMED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GesmbH

About this trial

Main objective:

Compare speech recognition in noise with tonotopic fitting (FS4T) and with conventional non-tonotopic fitting (FS4noT) in adult patients implanted for 6 months with a MED-EL cochlear implant with FS4noT strategy.

Secondary objectives:

Comparison of FS4noT and FS4T settings

* for speech recognition in quiet * for subjective auditory spatial perception

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adult patient (>= 18 years old) speaking French

Patient who fulfils the criteria for cochlear implantation

Disqualifiers

retro-cochlear pathology: auditory neuropathy, vestibular schwannoma

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Tonotopic cochlear implant fitting FS4T

Treatment groups

25 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GesmbH

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov