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NCT number NCT05331404
Other study ID # RC31/20/0365
Secondary ID 2021-A01993-38
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 2, 2022
Est. completion date April 2024

Study information

Verified date June 2022
Source University Hospital, Toulouse
Contact Mathieu MARX, Professor
Phone 05 61 77 77 04
Email marx.m@chu-toulouse.fr
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hearing aids restore efficiently some auditory functions in age-related hearing loss (ARHL or presbycusis) providing to the elderly an access to oral communication and a return to social life. However, a most of the assessments of their efficacy focus on speech recognition. Spatial hearing and localization are anothers important auditory functions merely evaluated. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the hearing aids benefits for spatial hearing.


Description:

The main objective is to evaluate the hearing aids benefits for spatial hearing with a multidisciplinary approach combing psychophysics, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) brain imaging in a before/after experimental design. The novelty of the proposal is both theoretical and methodological: the team aim is to identify neural correlates of spatial hearing after hearing rehabilitation and evaluate the evolution of spatial hearing abilities once subjects with presbycusis are fitted with hearing aids. The assessment of spatial hearing processing will rely on both a virtual visuo-auditory 3D immersive platform and functional neuroimaging using PET scan. This project will provide crucial elements for understanding and improving the rehabilitation of age-related hearing loss.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 45
Est. completion date April 2024
Est. primary completion date April 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: For presbyacusics subjects: - Subjects aged over 50 with a difference in symmetrical audiometric thresholds (< 15 dB) between the two ears and requiring hearing aids - Affiliation to a social security scheme or equivalent - Acceptance of the protocol and signature of the consent form For older people with normal hearing: - Subjects matched in age (+/- 2 years) and gender with the presbycusis group - Affiliation to a social security scheme or equivalent - Acceptance of the protocol and signature of the consent form - Subjects with normal hearing, with hearing thresholds of 20 dB < 2kHz and 40 dB < 4kHz For young people with normal hearing: - Subjects aged between 18 and 40 years old, - Symmetric normal hearing - Affiliation to a social security scheme or equivalent - Normally hearing subjects with audiometric thresholds < 20 dB - Acceptance of the protocol and signature of the consent form Exclusion Criteria: - Persons under a legal protection regime for adults (safeguard of justice, guardianship, curator ship, institutionalized, or under mandate for future protection) - History of associated neurological pathology - Contraindications to PET - Cognitive impairment confirmed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) test (for presbyacusic subjects and normal-hearing elderly subjects) - Taking psychotropic drugs - History of epilepsy - Pregnant or breastfeeding woman - Participation in another intervention protocol

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Radiation:
PET examination
PET examinations with auditory stimuli such as human voice and environmental sounds.
Other:
Quality of life assessment
quality of life assessment by : Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Hearing Handicap Inventory For The Elderly Screening Short Form Health Survey

Locations

Country Name City State
France CHU Toulouse Toulouse

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Toulouse

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (3)

Strelnikov K, Rouger J, Demonet JF, Lagleyre S, Fraysse B, Deguine O, Barone P. Visual activity predicts auditory recovery from deafness after adult cochlear implantation. Brain. 2013 Dec;136(Pt 12):3682-95. doi: 10.1093/brain/awt274. Epub 2013 Oct 17. — View Citation

Vannson N, James C, Fraysse B, Strelnikov K, Barone P, Deguine O, Marx M. Quality of life and auditory performance in adults with asymmetric hearing loss. Audiol Neurootol. 2015;20 Suppl 1:38-43. doi: 10.1159/000380746. Epub 2015 May 19. — View Citation

Vannson N, James CJ, Fraysse B, Lescure B, Strelnikov K, Deguine O, Barone P, Marx M. Speech-in-noise perception in unilateral hearing loss: Relation to pure-tone thresholds and brainstem plasticity. Neuropsychologia. 2017 Jul 28;102:135-143. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.06.013. Epub 2017 Jun 13. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary level of brain activity level of brain activity (in ml/100g/min) measured in the auditory regions in PET when the subject performs a spatial localization task Month 12
Secondary Life quality by Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing (12) Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing is a questionnaire specific to the quality of hearing. It has 3 sections; speech hearing, spatial hearing and quality of hearing. This questionnaire contains 15 items evaluated on a scale to 0 (not at all) to 10 (perfectly). Month 12
Secondary Life quality by Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing (6) Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing is a questionnaire specific to the quality of hearing. It has 3 sections; speech hearing, spatial hearing and quality of hearing. This questionnaire contains 15 items evaluated on a scale to 0 (not at all) to 10 (perfectly). Month 6
Secondary life quality by Hearing Handicap Inventory For The Elderly Screening (12) Hearing Handicap Inventory For The Elderly Screening contains 10 items to identify the social and emotional difficulties encountered by the subject due to his deafness according to specific situations. It makes it possible to detect the handicap perceived by the person (the higher the score, the greater the perception of the handicap due to hearing loss). Month 12
Secondary life quality by Hearing Handicap Inventory For The Elderly Screening (6) Hearing Handicap Inventory For The Elderly Screening contains 10 items to identify the social and emotional difficulties encountered by the subject due to his deafness according to specific situations. It makes it possible to detect the handicap perceived by the person (the higher the score, the greater the perception of the handicap due to hearing loss). Month 6
Secondary life quality by Short Form Health Survey (12) Short Form Health Survey assesses a patient's overall quality of life. It consists of 36 items. Month 12
Secondary life quality by Short Form Health Survey (6) Short Form Health Survey assesses a patient's overall quality of life. It consists of 36 items. Month 6
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