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Game on: Virtual-Reality training aims to sharpen hearing for kids with cochlear implants

NCT ID NCT05808543

Symptom relief Sponsor: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether a set of three virtual-reality games, called BEARS, can improve hearing in noisy places for children aged 8 to 16 who have two cochlear implants. The games train the brain to pick out speech from background noise, locate where sounds come from, and enjoy music. Participants use the games at home for 3 months alongside their usual care, and researchers track their hearing and quality of life over a year.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Both EARS training package (BEARS) - a set of three virtual-reality games that train speech-in-noise perception, music listening, and sound-source localisation
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide an engaging, at-home training tool to help children with cochlear implants hear better in noisy places and enjoy music more.
What could go wrong
This is a relatively early-stage trial with 272 participants, and the training may not lead to meaningful real-world improvements. Results depend on how consistently children play the games.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 272 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2023

Expected to finish

Oct 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

8 to 16 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participant is a simultaneous or sequential bilateral cochlear implant user\*, who either has: 1. Congenital severe/profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and have received at least one implant ≤ 36 months of age. 2. Progressive or acquired severe/profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (no age at implant restrictions for these patients) \*(a bilateral CI user is defined as a patient who uses both cochlear implant processors for a minimum of 6-hours per day over a month) 2. Participant has stable programmes (defined as no longer using progressive programmes to work through). 3. Participant has had at least two usual care checks/clinical appointments with stable aided levels (+/- 10 dB across 500Hz-4kHz) and no progressive maps to still work through, if they have had re-implantation of internal implant devices. 4. Participant is aged 8-16 years, inclusive. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participant (or parent/legal representative) does not speak/understand English sufficiently to undertake assessments. 2. Participant has an intellectual disability at a level that would prevent their ability to understand the trial the intervention or assessment questions. 3. Participant has a comorbid condition impacting ability to participate in the intervention and/or outcome assessment. 4. Participant has an audiological profile impacting ability to participate in the intervention and/or outcome assessments. 5. Participant is actively participating in other trials that may affect hearing outcomes or impact their ability to participate in the intervention. 6. Participant is currently or anticipated to receive treatment and/or intervention that may affect hearing outcomes or adapt implant settings/programming. 7. Participant is refusing to consent to trial activities/protocol. 8. Participant is awaiting reimplantation following device failure or infection. 9. Participant is a non-user of one or both implant processors (i.e., must use both processors for a minimum of 6 hours per day over a month). 10. Participant is a fulltime boarder at a boarding school 11. Participant has unresolvable issues found in device checks that render one of the implants unusable. 12. Participant is a female that is pregnant. 13. Participant has a diagnosis of epilepsy or history of seizures of any kind.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Deafness hearing loss disorder Hearing Loss, Sensorineural sensorineural hearing loss disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Deafness Hearing impaired children and adolescents Hearing loss Hearing loss, sensorineural

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    12 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Auditory Implants: Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

    RECRUITING

    London, London, WC1E 6DG, United Kingdom

  • Emmeline Centre for Hearing Implants

    RECRUITING

    Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom

  • Great Ormond Street Cochlear Implant Programme

    RECRUITING

    London, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

  • North East Regional Cochlear Implant Programme

    RECRUITING

    Middlesbrough, Middlesborough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom

  • Nottingham Auditory Implant Programme

    RECRUITING

    Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 5DU, United Kingdom

  • Oxford Auditory Implant Centre

    RECRUITING

    Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

  • Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme

    RECRUITING

    Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, KA2 0BE, United Kingdom

  • St George's Auditory Implant Service

    RECRUITING

    London, London, SW17 OQT, United Kingdom

  • St Thomas' Hospital Hearing Implant Centre

    RECRUITING

    London, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

  • The Midlands Hearing Implant Programme (Children's Service)

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Birmingham, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom

  • The Richard Ramsden Centre for Hearing Implants

    RECRUITING

    Manchester, Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom

  • University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service

    RECRUITING

    Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

  • Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service

    RECRUITING

    Bradford, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, United Kingdom

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