Evaluation of Frequency Allocation Tables for Recently Implanted Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant Users

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this study is to study the adaptation process in newly implanted Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant (SSD-CI) users. Subjects will use four frequency maps for the first month after CI activation. One of these maps will be standard of care and the other three will have higher low frequency edges than the standard of care default maps. These maps will alternate daily during the first month (with exceptions made for situations when the subject is allowed to use a preferred map rather than the map predetermined for use that day), and after that point each subject will make a selection at the beginning of the week to compare all four maps and decide which one to use at the beginning of the following week. The goal of this study is to investigate how reducing place-pitch mismatch in SSD CI users affects 1) sound quality, 2) device use, and 3) speech perception.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Age 18 or older

• No known anatomical abnormalities in either ear

• English speaking

• Intends to receive a cochlear implant in one ear (or has already received it but it has not been activated).

• Normal hearing (or minimal hearing loss) in the contralateral ear

Locations
United States
New York
NYU Langone Health
RECRUITING
New York
Contact Information
Primary
Mario A. Svirsky, PhD
Mario.svirsky@nyulangone.org
646-284-2457
Backup
Nicole H. Capach, AuD
Nicole.capach@nyulangone.org
646-501-6905
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-01-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-07-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 22
Treatments
Experimental: Newly implanted Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant (SSD-CI) Users
Subjects will use four frequency maps for the first month after CI activation. One of these maps will be standard of care (i.e., 188-7938 Hz for Cochlear users) and the other three will have higher low frequency edges than the standard of care default maps (starting at 313, 438, and 563 Hz, respectively). These maps will alternate daily during the first month (with exceptions made for situations when the subject is allowed to use a preferred map rather than the map predetermined for use that day), and after that point each subject will make a selection at the beginning of the week to compare all four maps and decide which one to use at the beginning of the following week.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: NYU Langone Health
Collaborators: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

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