This study will evaluate a range of experimental sound coding strategies that may improve hearing for cochlear implant recipients.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Users of an approved Nucleus cochlear implant.
* Aged 18 years or older (no upper age limit).
* Open set speech understanding sufficient to complete the study protocol as judged by the investigator.
* Fluent speaker in the language used to assess speech perception performance, as determined by the investigator.
* Willing and able to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the clinical investigation as determined by the investigator.
* Additional health factors, known to the investigator, that would prevent or restrict participation in the audiological evaluations.
* Investigator site personnel directly affiliated with this study and/or their immediate families; immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.
* Cochlear employees or employees of Contract Research Organisations or contractors engaged by Cochlear for the purposes of this investigation
* Current participation, or participation in another interventional clinical study/trial in the past 30 days, involving an investigational drug or device (unless the other investigation was/is a Cochlear sponsored investigation and determined by the investigator or Sponsor to not impact this investigation).
Primary outcome measure(s)
Paired difference in Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) score (dB) between the investigational sound coding strategy and the default sound coding strategy — 0 to 12 weeks Speech perception in noise will be measured using the Australian Speech Test in Noise (AuSTIN) with speech presented at 65 dB SPL in adaptive 4-talker babble noise, both presented in front of the listener. It is scored as a Speech Reception Threshold (SRT), which reflects the volume of speech signal (in decibels, dB) relative to the background noise required for the subject to achieve 50% correct. For example, a score of 2dB SRT means the subject requires the speech to be 2dB louder than the background noise in order to correctly identify 50% of the target sentence. Range: -30dB to +30dB. Lower scores reflect a better outcome.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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