Coding of Speech Signals in the Human Auditory Nerve

NCT ID: NCT06490237

Last Updated: 2024-07-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-12-07

Study Completion Date

2027-06-07

Brief Summary

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The fine evaluation of the function of auditory neurons in silence and in noise in humans is difficult, if not impossible, to date with the conventional methods available. That is why in certain situations, the hearing aids of patient with hearing loss fail, especially in the presence of noise.

In this study the investigators aim at investigating the global spontaneous and sound evoked human auditory nerve activity from electrophysiological acquisitions performed directly on the cochlear nerve in patients requiring posterior fossa surgery.

Detailed Description

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The fine evaluation of the function of auditory neurons in silence and in noise in humans is difficult, if not impossible, to date with the conventional methods available. That is why in certain situations, the hearing aids of patient with hearing loss fail, especially in the presence of noise.

In this study the investigators aim at investigating the global spontaneous and sound evoked human auditory nerve activity from electrophysiological acquisitions performed directly on the cochlear nerve in patients requiring posterior fossa surgery.

Stimulations will be performed in silence and in noise from stimuli identical to those used during the preoperative auditory assessment: clic and speech syllable stimulation. These acquisitions will allow us to compare clinical and electrophysiological data in order to better understand the coding of hearing in normal and hearing loss humans under silent and noisy conditions. A prospective longitudinal study will be performed.

Conditions

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Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Subjects with no hearing loss

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

near field recording of human auditory nerve activity during retro sigmoid approach with contact electrode

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

During surgery using a retro-sigmoid approach in the cerebellopontine angle (microvascular decompression, vestibular neurotomy, meningioma or schwannoma removal), near-field recording of human auditory nerve activity using a contact electrode is performed on patients with normal or impaired hearing threshold.

Each patient is explored preoperatively by hearing tests in noise and in silence. During the operation, stimuli are delivered in silence and in noise, under the same conditions as during the preoperative auditory exploration.

subjects with hearing loss

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

near field recording of human auditory nerve activity during retro sigmoid approach with contact electrode

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

During surgery using a retro-sigmoid approach in the cerebellopontine angle (microvascular decompression, vestibular neurotomy, meningioma or schwannoma removal), near-field recording of human auditory nerve activity using a contact electrode is performed on patients with normal or impaired hearing threshold.

Each patient is explored preoperatively by hearing tests in noise and in silence. During the operation, stimuli are delivered in silence and in noise, under the same conditions as during the preoperative auditory exploration.

Interventions

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near field recording of human auditory nerve activity during retro sigmoid approach with contact electrode

During surgery using a retro-sigmoid approach in the cerebellopontine angle (microvascular decompression, vestibular neurotomy, meningioma or schwannoma removal), near-field recording of human auditory nerve activity using a contact electrode is performed on patients with normal or impaired hearing threshold.

Each patient is explored preoperatively by hearing tests in noise and in silence. During the operation, stimuli are delivered in silence and in noise, under the same conditions as during the preoperative auditory exploration.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Will be included as hearing impaired patients:

* male or female
* over 18 years of age
* who are to undergo surgery on the cerebellopontine angle (microvascular decompression, vestibular neurotomy, removal of a meningioma or schwannoma tumor)
* with a mild to severe sensorineural hearing loss defined by an average hearing loss (average of thresholds obtained at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz) greater than 20 dB and less than 90 dB in pure tone bone conduction audiometry on the side of the operated ear.
* affiliated to a social security system.
* have read the information note describing the study and have agreed in writing to participate by signing the informed consent form.

Will be included as normal hearing patients:

* male or female
* over 18 years of age
* who are to undergo surgery in the cerebellopontine angle (microvascular decompression, vestibular neurotomy, removal of a meningioma or schwannoma tumor)
* free of neuro-sensory deafness, defined by average hearing thresholds less than or equal to 20 dB in tonal bone conduction audiometry on the side of the operated ear
* affiliated with a social security system.
* having read the information note describing the study and having agreed in writing to participate by signing the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients for whom the auditory nerve is not accessible during surgery,

* because of a complete tumor invasion of the cochlear nerve (stage III and IV neuroma, advanced meningioma)
* because of an anatomical feature not identified during the preoperative examination, making its exposure for recordings impossible (protrusion of the posterior face of the rock)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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CHU de Reims

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Damien JOLLY

Reims, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Xavier DUBERNARD

Role: CONTACT

03.26.78.68.92 ext. 0033

Facility Contacts

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Xavier DUBERNARD

Role: primary

03.26.78.68.92 ext. 0033

Other Identifiers

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PO21089

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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