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Virtual reality training aims to sharpen sound location skills in deaf patients

NCT ID NCT04183348

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This completed study tested whether a virtual reality training program could improve the ability to locate sounds in people with hearing loss. 79 participants performed sound localization tasks with and without visual feedback. The goal was to see if training could reduce pointing errors and response times. The study is exploratory and aims to inform future rehabilitation approaches.

What this could mean

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Active substance
behavioral intervention: visio-hearing training protocol using virtual reality
What this could lead to
If successful, this could point toward a new training method to help people with hearing loss better locate where sounds come from.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with no control group and only behavioral measures. Results may not translate to real-world improvement or benefit all types of hearing loss.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

79 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jul 2020

Finished

May 2022

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: For all participants (patients and normal hearing adults): * Ages 18 and 65 * Normal vision (with or without correction) * Able to understand experimental instructions * Member of the social security scheme * Informed of the study and signed the consent form For hearing standards (NH): \- No hearing problems For patients (SU, uIC and bIC): * Regular follow-up in the ENT (Ear, nose, and throat) department of the Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon or the Purpan Hospital, in Toulouse * Unilateral deep deafness (only for SU patients) * Holder of one Cochlear implant for more than one year (only for uIC patients) * Holder of the second Cochlear implant for more than one year (only for bIC patients) Exclusion Criteria: * Oculomotor disorder * Bilateral vestibular areflexia * Neurological and/or psychiatric history * Person placed under legal protection, guardianship or trusteeship * Pregnant or nursing woman

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cochlear disorder Deafness deafness, unilateral hearing loss disorder Hearing Loss, Sensorineural retrocochlear disease sensorineural hearing loss disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Cochlear diseases Cochlear hearing loss Cochlear nerve deafness Deafness Hearing loss

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôpital Edouard Herriot

    Bron, 69675, France

  • Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôpital Purpan, CHU de Toulouse

    Toulouse, 31300, France

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