Use of RM Technology in Pediatric BAI Recipients

University of Miami20 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this research study is to learn about the hearing outcomes of children with conductive hearing loss who are treated with bone conductive devices and their outcomes with remote microphone technology.

The purpose of this research study is to learn about the hearing outcomes of children with unilateral conductive hearing loss who are treated with bone conductive devices and their outcomes with remote microphone technology. It has been shown that the use of intervention (hearing aids, cochlear implants, bone conduction devices) alone does not alleviate the difficulties children with hearing loss encounter in noisy environments such as a classroom or restaurant. One of the most common methods to help children hear better in these types of environments is the use of a personal remote microphone (RM) system. This study will evaluate how much benefit children are getting from their bone conduction device alone compared to the bone conduction device with a personal RM system.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Hearing Loss, Unilateral

Interventions

Personal remote microphone (RM) systemDEVICE

Speech perception in noise performance will be evaluated in the unaided, bone conduction device (BAHA) aided, and bone conduction device (BAHA) + RM conditions. All test measures are non-experimental and commercially available.

Subjective QuestionnaireOTHER

These subjective questionnaires will be given pre- and post-evaluation to both the subject and their guardian in order to determine the impact of RM on subject and guardian perceptions of listening in noise.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking * unilateral conductive hearing loss with a minimum of a 30 dB air-bone gap and their parent/guardian Exclusion Criteria: * Do not meet inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

University of Miami Department of Otolaryngology

Miami, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Speech Understanding in Noise

Investigate benefit of remote microphone (RM) for listening in noise in children with bone conduction hearing devices by calculating SNR loss

Time frame: 40 minutes

Parent and Child Perception of Hearing Loss Questionnaire

Determine the parent and child perception of the hearing loss and its impact pre- and post-evaluation using a subjective questionnaire created to further understand the child and parent's perception of their disability.

Time frame: 20 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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