Cochlear Implants in Young Children With SSD
Cochlear Implantation in Infants and Toddlers With Single-Sided Deafness
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
60 participants
Jul 7, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of cochlear implantation in infants and toddlers with single-sided deafness. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Are cochlear implants an effective treatment of single-sided deafness in infants and toddlers? * Are cochlear implants a safe treatment for single-sided deafness in infants and toddlers? Participants will receive a cochlear implant and be followed until they are five years old. During those five years, the investigators will program the device and monitor auditory development. Children will be asked to: * Undergo cochlear implantation * Wear their cochlear implant processor whenever they are awake. * Participate in traditional hearing tests * Participate in traditional hearing testing * Participate in localization testing * Participate in hearing in noise testing * Participate in word recognition testing * Participate in speech, language, and educational evaluations The researchers will compare results to children with typical hearing in both ears and children with single-sided deafness who have not received an implant to observe any differences between the groups.
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Interventions
A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device that provides access to sound in people cannot get enough access to sound for communication with traditional hearing aids.
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NCT05775367