Spatial Hearing Difficulties in Reaching Space in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children Improve With Head Movements.
Aurélie Coudert, Valérie Gaveau, Julie Gatel...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34225320Actively Recruiting
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Age: 7Years - 17Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
ID06040892
Spatial Hearing Rehabilitation in Noise for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children
Led by Hospices Civils de Lyon · Updated on 2026-02-10
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Participants Needed
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Research Sites
13 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Researchers are evaluating a spatial hearing rehabilitation program called KidTrain designed for children aged 7 to 17 years with bilateral cochlear implants (bCI). The study focuses on improving spatial hearing skills and speech understanding in noisy environments, which are essential for daily interactions but remain limited in bCI children. The program builds on previous pilot studies showing benefits of virtual reality and active listening in adults with bCI, aiming to enhance quality of life through tailored auditory training. The study includes three groups: bCI children receiving two types of rehabilitation programs with varying use of spatialized sensory cues, and a control group of children with normal hearing (NH). The rehabilitation involves multiple sessions manipulating ambient sound complexity and virtual visual cues to simulate real-life auditory environments. The intervention uses virtual reality combined with auditory and visual inputs to engage participants actively during training. Participants will undergo auditory tests including sound localization and speech perception in noise at baseline and at multiple points during and after the intervention. The study also collects questionnaire data on hearing-related quality of life. Researchers will assess auditory performance changes immediately after 4 training sessions and at later visits up to day 98. Compliance with the rehabilitation and the impact of spatialized sensory cues are also monitored to evaluate short- and medium-term benefits.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Spatial Hearing Rehabilitation in Noise for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children
Who Can Participate
Age: 7Years - 17Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Child aged between 7 and 17 years
- Normal vision (including correction)
- Able to understand the experimental instructions
- Parents or guardians informed of the study and having signed the consent form
- For normal hearing group: normal tone audiometry with mean threshold ≤ 30 dB
- For bilateral cochlear implant group: minimum 2 years of binaural experience
- For bilateral cochlear implant group: average speech recognition ≥ 80% with both implants
You will not qualify if you...
- Bilateral vestibular areflexia
- Attention deficit disorder
- Known neurological or psychiatric disorders
- Oculomotor disorders
- Parents not affiliated to a social security scheme or similar who sign consent
- Participation in other interventional research with ongoing exclusion period at inclusion
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Your Study Journey
Screening
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person)
Diagnostic Evaluation
Duration - Up to 1 week
Participants undergo diagnostic tests including spatial hearing performance tests, speech in noise perception tests, and hearing quality questionnaires to assess baseline auditory abilities.
3 visits (in-person) on Day 0, Day 7, and Day 42
Spatial Hearing Rehabilitation Program
Duration - Approximately 7 weeks
Participants receive a spatial hearing rehabilitation program consisting of up to 8 training sessions manipulating ambient sound and virtual environments to improve auditory spatial skills.
8 sessions over 7 weeks
Long-term Monitoring
Duration - Up to 8 weeks after rehabilitation
Participants are monitored for auditory performance and quality of life effects following the rehabilitation program with evaluation visits to assess short and medium-term outcomes.
3 evaluation visits on Day 42, Day 77, and Day 98
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie cervico-faciale Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Groupement Hospitalier Centre
Lyon, France, 69437
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Research Team
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Aurélie Coudert, MD
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Valérie GAVEAU, MCU
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Number of Arms
3
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Published Research Related To This Trial
Reaching to Sounds Improves Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users.
Chiara Valzolgher, Julie Gatel, Sabrina Bouzaid...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35982520Intensive Training of Spatial Hearing Promotes Auditory Abilities of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Adults: A Pilot Study.
Aurélie Coudert, Grégoire Verdelet, Karen T Reilly...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35943235