Brain scans reveal how deafness in one ear rewires Kids' hearing centers
NCT ID NCT04043910
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how the brains of children with hearing loss in one ear process sounds compared to children with normal hearing. Researchers used a special brain imaging technique to measure activity in the hearing parts of the brain. The goal was to understand how the brain reorganizes itself when a child is deaf in one ear.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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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
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2018
- Finished
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Jun 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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5 to 16 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria : For both groups: * 5 to 16 year-old children, * Absence of pregnancy * Affiliation to Social Security, and children and their parents signed consents will be necessary. * Participation agreement of the protocol and signature of the consent form by the person having parental authority and the child For Single-sided Deafness subjects: \- shall present with moderate to profound unilateral hearing loss, with a hearing loss of 40 decibel(minimal thresholds), assessed on tonal, vocal audiometry, Auditory Brainstem Responses, For Normal hearing subjects: \- shall have normal hearing, demonstrated by air thresholds below 20 decibel by an audiometric control before inclusion , matched in gender and age to children in the experimental group Exclusion Criteria: For both groups: * Antecedents of Psycho-neurological diseases, * Other sensorineural or motor deficiency, * Familial bilingualism, * Medications affecting vigilance. * pregnancy or breastfeeding
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet
Toulouse, 31059, France
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