Evaluation of Performance and Usability of N6 in the Paediatric Population

NCT ID: NCT01800929

Last Updated: 2013-03-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-11-30

Study Completion Date

2013-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance and usability of the N6 system in children with the N5 system.

Detailed Description

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This study will evaluate the user benefits of the N6 system in the paediatric population currently equipped with N5. The performance and usability of both systems will be evaluated and compared. The performance of the N6 is expected to be at least equivalent to the N5.

Outcome measures:

* City University of New York (CUNY) Sentence Test in quiet and noise
* Consonant-Nucleus-Consonant (CNC) words in quiet
* in-house designed Usability questionnaires of the N6 system (information to be used internally)
* PEACH, TEACH and SELF questionnaires - developed by Ching \& Hill (2007). PEACH - The Parents' Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children TEACH - The Teachers' Evaluation of Aural/oral performance of Children for teachers SELF - The Child's Self evaluation of aural/oral performance.

Speech perception tests will be administered at baseline, then again three times, two weeks apart with the N6 processor - i.e. week 0, week 2, week 4 \& week 6. Total time: 2 months.

Questionnaires will also be given at the same time points, to get baseline information, as well as N6 information

Conditions

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Transplants and Implants Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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N6

The N6 system comprises an investigational sound processor, remote assistant and fitting software

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

N6

Intervention Type DEVICE

Children with N5 will be upgraded to the N6 for a period of up to 2 months to evaluate.

N5

The current commercially-available cochlear implant system Performance of N5 will be compared to performance with N6 using a within-subject design.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

N6

Intervention Type DEVICE

Children with N5 will be upgraded to the N6 for a period of up to 2 months to evaluate.

Interventions

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N6

Children with N5 will be upgraded to the N6 for a period of up to 2 months to evaluate.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 5-14 years, currently using N5
* Minimum speech perception ability in noise of 30% at +10 decibels (dB) signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
* Minimum of 2 years cochlear implant (CI) experience, including at least 6 months experience with their current processor
* Excellent verbal reporters
* Excellent record of attending clinical appointments.
* Attend a regular school,
* English 1st language.
* Excellent record of compliance with habilitation tasks.

Exclusion Criteria

* Cognitive impairment, or other significant impairment that would impact on their ability to undertake task requirements
* Inability to attend study appointments.
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The HEARing Co-operative Research Centre, Melbourne

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Melbourne Cochlear Implant Clinic, Melbourne

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Shepherd Centre, Sydney

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hear and Say Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Hearing House, Auckland

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cochlear, Asia Pacific

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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The Shepherd Centre

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Hear and Say Centre

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Melbourne Cochlear Implant Clinic

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

The Hearing House

Auckland, , New Zealand

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Australia New Zealand

Central Contacts

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Robert Cowan, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+61294286555

Valerie Looi, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+61296115896

Facility Contacts

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Jane McGovern, M AUd St

Role: primary

+61738702221

Gabriella Constantinescu, PhD

Role: backup

+61738702221

Michelle Moran, M Aud

Role: primary

+61399298624

Alex Rousset, M Aud

Role: backup

+61399298624

Leigh Martelli, M Aud

Role: primary

+6495792333

Janet Digby

Role: backup

+6495792333

Other Identifiers

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CAP5433

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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