Inside the ear: scientists probe why cochlear implant hearing varies
NCT ID NCT01805167
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to understand why people with cochlear implants vary in how well they understand speech. Researchers measured electrical interactions between the implant's electrodes in 17 adults with hearing loss. They compared these measurements to each person's ability to recognize words in quiet and noisy settings. The goal was to see if electrode interactions explain differences in hearing performance.
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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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17 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2013
- Finished
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Feb 2014
- 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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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Subject of French language * Subject with a moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, severe to profound * Sensorineural hearing loss post-lingual (after onset of language acquisition) * Subject paired with the implant Neurelec (Appendix 1) for more than 9 months * Subject has received an appropriate setting under usual clinical follow-up * Elderly 18 to 75 years * Subject giving consent Exclusion Criteria: * Sensorineural hearing loss pre-lingual * Deafness following a meningitis, or neurodegenerative diseases * Illiteracy * Pregnant women * Subject blind * Subject enjoying a measure of legal protection * Subject incapable of giving consent * Subject vulnerable
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
Nice, France
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