Personalized brain training may boost cochlear implant performance
NCT ID NCT07678879
First seen Jul 01, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study investigates whether auditory and cognitive training can help adults with cochlear implants understand speech better. Researchers will enroll 100 experienced implant users and randomly assign them to different training programs. The goal is to see if these interventions improve speech recognition and real-world listening, and to understand how individual differences affect outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- auditory and cognitive training interventions
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward personalized approaches to improve speech understanding and quality of life for cochlear implant users.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage feasibility study, so results may not apply to all implant users. The interventions may not lead to meaningful improvements.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 95 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults between ages of 18 years and 95 years 2. Native language is American English 3. Have one or two CIs from any of the three FDA-approved CI manufacturers (Cochlear Americas, Advanced Bionics, MED-EL). 4. Experience of \>6 of CI use. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Score 24 or below on a visual Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE; Folstein et al., 1975) to rule out dementia 2. Known diagnosis of dementia 3. Under the age of 18 years 4. Unable to read and write in English (WRAT score \<70) 5. Poorer than 20/40 near vision on near-vision screening.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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