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Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Lip-reading in Patients With Hearing Aids: SCED Study
Efficacité de la rééducation Orthophonique de la Lecture Labiale Des Patients appareillés Auditifs : étude SCED
Sponsor
Institut Pasteur
Enrollment
8 participants
Start Date
Oct 16, 2025
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study aims to investigate whether lip reading rehabilitation improves viseme recognition in individuals with hearing impairments who use hearing aids.
Eligibility
Min Age: 18 Years
Inclusion Criteria8
- Patient aged 18 or older
- Affiliated with a social security system
- Moderate to severe bilateral post-lingual hearing loss, fitted with hearing aids for more than 6 months
- Wearing hearing aids for a minimum of 8 hours/day on average over the past month
- Intelligibility in quiet \> 80% correct responses at 60 dB (Lafon cochlear list)
- Difficulty in noisy environments rated \> 6 on a 0-10 EVA scale
- French language comprehension level of at least B1 CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
- Willing to participate in speech therapy rehabilitation at a rate of 2 sessions per week
Exclusion Criteria5
- Patient who has already undergone speech therapy rehabilitation as part of their hearing loss treatment
- Diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease or history of brain injury (traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor, meningitis, etc.)
- Uncorrected vision or visual impairment affecting lip reading (e.g. AMD, glaucoma, unoperated cataract, etc.)
- Presence of severe tinnitus (score \> 56) on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) questionnaire
- Significant cognitive impairment (CODEX C or D) or Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) score \< 23
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Interventions
OTHERSpeechreading training
The patient will undergo 16 lip reading training sessions. By developing functional lip reading skills, they will be able to fill in the gaps in auditory information they miss, especially in loud or noisy settings
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