A feasibility, prospective, multi-centre, repeated measures investigation evaluating the application of hearing aid technologies to signal processing for adult cochlear implant recipients
The Research System is comprised of several components: the processing unit, fitting software and accessories. The sound processor converts sounds into electrical signals, which it sends, via a coil, to an implant to provide hearing sensation. The application of hearing aid technologies to Cochlear Implant recipients may provide benefit through matching the signal processing technologies across ears for bimodal listeners, enhance performance for CI-alone listening, and potentially lead to efficiency in algorithm development.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
150
The U8 Research System
Nucleus 8 sound processor
Cochlear Melbourne
Melbourne E., melbourne, Australia
Cochlear Macquarie
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
HEARnet Clinical Studies
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Percent correct monosyllabic word scores.
To determine whether the research system provides non-inferior performance to the Nucleus 8 sound processor for monosyllabic words in quiet CNC words at 60 dB SPL (sound pressure level) Word recognition is a score of the number of words correctly repeated, expressed as a percentage. Higher percentage scores indicate a better outcome.
Time frame: 3 months
Adaptive sentence in noise scores (AuSTIN)
To determine whether the research system provides non-inferior performance to the Nucleus 8 sound processor for sentences in noise.
Time frame: 3 months
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