Tiny recorder may boost talking in deaf children with cochlear implants
NCT ID NCT05917496
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a small recording device called LENA can help speech therapists guide parents to improve their child's language environment. Thirty children with profound congenital deafness who received a cochlear implant before 18 months old will wear the recorder at home for two 10-hour sessions, six months apart. The goal is to see if feedback from the recordings increases conversation turns and vocabulary.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis) tool and speech therapy feedback
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that using LENA recordings helps parents and therapists boost language development in young children with cochlear implants.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 children. It measures changes in conversation turns and vocabulary, not long-term outcomes. Results may not apply to all families.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Children under 24 months with profound congenital deafness and having benefited from unilateral or bilateral cochlear implantation before 18 months of life inclusive, followed at Hôpital Necker-Enfants Maladies and who receive a speech therapy.
- Ages
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11 to 21 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Have profound congenital deafness * Have been implanted between 8 months and 18 months * Have had a unilateral or bilateral cochlear implant for 3 months * Be between 11 months and 21 months old on the day of inclusion * Constant wearing of the implant * Benefit from speech therapy * Have a French-speaking parent * Information and non-opposition of holders of parental authority to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Syndromic deafness or auditory nerve aplasia * Micro-cochlea or partial insertion of the electrode bundle * CHARGE syndrome (acronym for Coloboma, Heart defect, Atresia choanae, Retarded growth and development, Genital hypoplasia, Ear anomalies/deafness or in French coloboma, cardiac malformation, choanal atresia, growth retardation and/or mental retardation, genital hypoplasia, ear abnormalities/deafness) * Deafness with significant central involvement (cytomegalovirus, meningitis) * Proven major disorders that can impact language development (Autism Spectrum Disorder, mental retardation, etc.) * Non-daily wearing of the cochlear implant * Proven uncorrected visual disturbances interfering with the performance of language level assessment tests
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Conditions
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Locations
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Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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