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title: Aural Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Users Via Telerehab Technology
nct_id: NCT03157492
overall_status: COMPLETED
phase: NA
sponsor: Gallaudet University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Hearing Loss
countries: United States
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ct_last_update_post_date: 2021-10-14
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# Aural Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Users Via Telerehab Technology

**Official Title:** Enhanced Aural Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Users Via Telerehab Technology

**NCT ID:** [NCT03157492](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03157492)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 20
- **Lead Sponsor:** Gallaudet University
- **Collaborators:** Columbia University, The Cleveland Clinic
- **Conditions:** Hearing Loss, Deafness
- **Start Date:** 2017-05-02
- **Completion Date:** 2021-10-13
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2021-10-14

## Brief Summary

This study evaluates the benefits of short-term training via telehealth for post-lingually deafened adult cochlear implant users. Half the participants will receive aural rehabilitation and the other half cognitive training. The hypothesis is that short-term aural rehabilitation via telerehab technology will improve outcomes for post-lingually deafened cochlear implant users

## Detailed Description

Aural rehabilitation training (AR) has been demonstrated to improve outcomes for adult cochlear implant users. There are both financial and non-financial barriers to AR service delivery including accessibility (mobility, distance and transportation problems), accommodation (time off work impossible, caring for family) and availability (limited providers in rural areas, financial constraints, and lack of transportation. In this study the investigators will measure the impact of telerehab delivery on optimizing speech recognition, communication function, goals, social participation and hearing handicap.

Twenty-four participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups: aural rehabilitation (AR) and cognitive training (CT). Participants will complete six 90-minute treatment sessions in their home or office via a telerehab platform. Participants will come to a center for three 90-minute assessment sessions: pre-treatment, 1 week, and 2 months post-treatment.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Speech Tracking rate of at least 20 words per minute
* Sentence recognition scores (CasperSent) between 10% and 85%
* Passing score on cognitive screener (Callahan et al., 2002)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Less than 18 years of age
* Pre-lingually deafened
* Prior Aural Rehabilitation with cochlear implant
* Greater than three years post-activation of CI
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## Arms

- **Aural Rehabilitation Group** (EXPERIMENTAL) — The AR Group will receive six 90-minute sessions including auditory training, informational counseling, and communication strategies.
- **Cognitive Training Group** (SHAM_COMPARATOR) — The Cognitive Training Group will receive six 90-minute sessions including training exercises (Ken-Ken, Sudoku, Crosswords, Word Search, Spot the Difference) to improve speed and accuracy.

## Interventions

- **Aural Rehabilitation Group** (BEHAVIORAL) — Participants will complete sessions in their home or office via the internet. Sessions will include listening activities, informational counseling and communication strategies training. Three assessment appointments are required. The goal is to evaluate the benefit of training on performance with a cochlear implant.
- **Cognitive Training Group** (BEHAVIORAL) — The Cognitive Training Group will receive six 90-minute sessions including training exercises (Ken-Ken, Sudoku, Crosswords, Word Search, Spot the Difference) to improve speed and accuracy. Three assessment sessions are also required.

## Primary Outcomes

- **Change in Sentence Recognition CasperSent (Boothroyd, 2008)** _(time frame: Pre-training, One-week and Two-months post-training)_ — Percent correct scores on CasperSent topic-related recorded sentences.

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Change in Client Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI) (Dillon, James & Ginis, 1997)** _(time frame: Pre-training, One-week and Two-months post-training)_
- **Change in Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) (Ventry & Weinstein,1982)** _(time frame: Pre-training, One-week and Two-months post-training)_
- **Change in Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) (Robinson et al.,1996** _(time frame: One-week and Two-months post-training)_
- **Change in Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ) (Hinderdink et al., 2000)** _(time frame: Pre-training, One-week and Two-months post-training)_

## Locations (5)

- Gallaudet University, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States
- Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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