The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance and usability of the N6 system in children with the N5 system.
This study will evaluate the user benefits of the N6 system in the paediatric population currently equipped with N5. The performance and usability of both systems will be evaluated and compared. The performance of the N6 is expected to be at least equivalent to the N5. Outcome measures: * City University of New York (CUNY) Sentence Test in quiet and noise * Consonant-Nucleus-Consonant (CNC) words in quiet * in-house designed Usability questionnaires of the N6 system (information to be used internally) * PEACH, TEACH and SELF questionnaires - developed by Ching \& Hill (2007). PEACH - The Parents' Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children TEACH - The Teachers' Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children for teachers SELF - The Child's Self evaluation of aural/oral performance. Speech perception tests will be administered at baseline, then again three times, two weeks apart with the N6 processor - i.e. week 0, week 2, week 4 \& week 6. Total time: 2 months. Questionnaires will also be given at the same time points, to get baseline information, as well as N6 information
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Children with N5 will be upgraded to the N6 for a period of up to 2 months to evaluate.
The Shepherd Centre
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGHear and Say Centre
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
RECRUITINGMelbourne Cochlear Implant Clinic
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
RECRUITINGGroup usability performance data for N6 versus N5
The investigational sound processor, remote assistant and fitting software will be compared to the existing implant system on measures of speech perception and usability in a take-home study.
Time frame: Nov 2012-June 2013
speech recognition scores in quiet and noise between the two processors
The CUNY sentences and CNC word lists will be administered in quiet and noise.
Time frame: Nov 2012-June 2013
Useability questionnaire on the different sound processing features
An in house questionnaire has been developed where the parent is asked to rank various features of the device, and its usability on a 5-point Likert Scale
Time frame: Nov 2012-June 2013
Subjective feedback on performance as well as patient preference between the 2 processors
The PEACH, TEACH and SELF (Ching \& Hill, 2007) will be used to collect this information from the parent, teacher and child. These questionnaires have been used in many previous studies. In addition, any verbal feedback provided by recipients will be noted on CRFs.
Time frame: Nov 2012-June 2013
Evaluate the usability of the two systems in a group of children, their carers and their teachers
The information from the above questionnaires will be used to collectively compare the usability of the child's current processor and the N6 processor.
Time frame: Nov 2012-June 2013
Clinical recommendations for fitting paediatric recipients with the new processor
Time frame: Nov 2012-June 2013
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The Hearing House
Auckland, New Zealand
RECRUITING