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Cochlear Implantation and Social Outcomes

17 juni 2026 bijgewerkt door: Janet Choi, University of Southern California

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if hearing devices, like cochlear implants, affect social and cognitive function of older adults. The main questions the researchers want to answer are:

  • How social are older adults with hearing loss before and after using hearing devices?
  • How well do older adults with hearing loss think before and after using hearing devices?
  • For older adults who have hearing loss and use hearing devices, do changes in social interaction explain changes in how well they think (cognitive function)?
  • Do brainwaves (EEGs) in older adults with hearing loss change after using hearing devices?
  • Are there differences in how social older adults with hearing loss are compared to older adults without hearing loss?

What Participants Will Do:

  • Participants will take questionnaires for around 60 minutes. Questionnaires will ask participants about their background, health, hearing, and how social they are. Another set of questionnaires will check their thinking ability or cognition.
  • Participants will wear an audio sensor (TILES Audio Recorder on Jelly Mobile phone) for 2 weeks. The sensor will collect and store information about a participant's voice during conversations. Once the device has information about a participant's voice such as pitch and tone it will store this information and delete the audio recording. Words spoken during conversations will be deleted.
  • (Optional) Participants can choose to participate in a 45-60-minute EEG (electroencephalogram) recording session. Participants will have sensors placed on top of their heads. Sensors will record the participants' brainwaves. Sounds will be played to see how participants' brainwaves change when they hear sounds. Eligible participants will be invited to participate in 4-month follow-up study.

Studie Overzicht

Toestand

Nog niet aan het werven

Interventie / Behandeling

Studietype

Observationeel

Inschrijving (Geschat)

40

Contacten en locaties

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Studiecontact

Studie Locaties

    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten, 90033
        • University of Southern California
        • Contact:

Deelname Criteria

Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.

Geschiktheidscriteria

Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie

  • Volwassen
  • Oudere volwassene

Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers

Ja

Bemonsteringsmethode

Niet-waarschijnlijkheidssteekproef

Studie Bevolking

Individuals meeting the inclusion criteria will be recruited from the affiliated tertiary hospitals.

Beschrijving

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age >= 60 years
  • English or Spanish speaking
  • older adults with bilateral moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss who are candidates for cochlear implants or have undergone cochlear implantation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age <60 years
  • Unable to complete questionnaires in English or Spanish

Studie plan

Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.

Hoe is de studie opgezet?

Ontwerpdetails

Cohorten en interventies

Groep / Cohort
Interventie / Behandeling
Adults with bilateral hearing loss (cochlear implant users or candidates)
Participants with bilateral moderate to profound hearing loss who are candidates for cochlear implant or currently using cochlear implants
Participants will undergo or have previously undergone cochlear implantation as part of routine clinical care, independent of this research study.

Wat meet het onderzoek?

Primaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Audio sensor- speech arousal
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
The audio sensor employs deep-learning-based multimodal speech pattern modeling of participants' own voice activities to extract speech arousal and speech activities. Speech arousal measures include the percentage of strong arousals, serving as a proxy of enhanced engagement in conversations.
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
Audio sensor- speech activity
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
The audio sensor employs deep-learning-based multimodal speech pattern modeling of participants' own voice activities to extract speech arousal and speech activities. Speech activity measures include the intersession time (the interval between speech sessions, representing the frequency of conversation engagement).
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up

Secundaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
UCLA Loneliness Scale
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
The UCLA Loneliness Scale is a 20-item self-report measure assessing subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Total scores range from 20 to 80, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness and worse outcomes. Minimum score: 20; maximum score: 80. Higher scores represent worse outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6)
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
The Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6) is a 6-item self-report measure assessing social engagement and perceived social support from family and friends. Total scores range from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating larger and more supportive social networks (better outcomes). Minimum score: 0; maximum score: 30. Higher scores represent better outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening Version (HHIE-S)
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
The HHIE-S is a 10-item self-report questionnaire assessing the emotional and social/situational effects of hearing loss in older adults. Total scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater perceived hearing handicap and worse hearing-related quality of life. Minimum score: 0; maximum score: 40. Higher scores represent worse outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) Scale
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
The GAD-7 is a 7-item self-report questionnaire assessing the severity of generalized anxiety symptoms over the past two weeks. Total scores range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety severity and worse outcomes. Minimum score: 0; maximum score: 21. Higher scores represent worse outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
The CES-D is a 20-item self-report questionnaire assessing depressive symptoms in the general population over the past week. Total scores range from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptom severity and worse outcomes. Minimum score: 0; maximum score: 60. Higher scores represent worse outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4 months follow-up
Cognitive test- MoCA
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) The MoCA is a brief cognitive screening tool assessing multiple domains including memory, attention, executive function, language, visuospatial skills, and orientation. The standard MoCA total score ranges from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating better cognitive function (better outcomes).
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
Duke Social Support Index (DSSI-11)
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-months follow-up
The DSSI-11 is an 11-item self-report measure assessing social support across social interaction and subjective support domains. Total scores range from 10 to 30, with higher scores indicating greater perceived social support (better outcomes). Minimum score: 10; maximum score: 30. Higher scores represent better outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4-months follow-up
Short Form Health Survey - 12 Item (SF-12)
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-months follow-up
The SF-12 is a 12-item self-report measure assessing overall health-related quality of life across physical and mental domains. Scores are typically summarized into Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores. When reported as a combined or transformed total score ranging from 0 to 200, higher scores indicate better health-related quality of life (better outcomes). Minimum score: 0; maximum score: 200. Higher scores represent better outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4-months follow-up
Short Assessment of Health Literacy (SAHL)
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-months follow-up
The SAHL is an 18-item word recognition and comprehension test assessing health literacy. Total scores range from 0 to 18, with higher scores indicating better health literacy (better outcomes). Minimum score: 0; maximum score: 18. Higher scores represent better outcomes.
Baseline, optional 4-months follow-up
EEG Measure - Mismatch negativity amplitude
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
Mismatch Negativity (MMN) amplitude is an event-related potential (ERP) measure of automatic auditory change detection and sensory discrimination. EEG recordings will be obtained while participants complete an auditory oddball task. MMN amplitude will be quantified as the mean negative deflection (µV) elicited by deviant auditory stimuli relative to standard stimuli within the predefined MMN time window.
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
EEG Measure - Mismatch negativity latency
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up4-month follow-up
Mismatch Negativity (MMN) latency is an event-related potential (ERP) measure of the timing of automatic auditory change detection and sensory discrimination. EEG recordings will be obtained while participants complete an auditory oddball task. MMN latency will be quantified as the time interval (milliseconds [ms]) from stimulus onset to the peak negative MMN response elicited by deviant auditory stimuli within the predefined MMN time window.
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up4-month follow-up
EEG Measure - P300 amplitude
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
P300 amplitude is an event-related potential (ERP) measure of attentional resource allocation and cognitive processing of task-relevant stimuli. EEG recordings will be obtained while participants complete an auditory oddball task. P300 amplitude will be quantified as the peak positive deflection (microvolts [µV]) elicited by target stimuli within the predefined P300 time window following stimulus presentation.
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
EEG Measure - P300 latency
Tijdsspanne: Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up
P300 latency is an event-related potential (ERP) measure of the speed of cognitive processing and stimulus evaluation. EEG recordings will be obtained while participants complete an auditory oddball task. P300 latency will be quantified as the time interval (milliseconds [ms]) from stimulus onset to the peak positive P300 response elicited by target stimuli within the predefined P300 time window.
Baseline, optional 4-month follow-up

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Studie record data

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Bestudeer belangrijke data

Studie start (Geschat)

1 juli 2027

Primaire voltooiing (Geschat)

31 december 2029

Studie voltooiing (Geschat)

31 december 2030

Studieregistratiedata

Eerst ingediend

6 mei 2026

Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria

6 mei 2026

Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)

13 mei 2026

Updates van studierecords

Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)

22 juni 2026

Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria

17 juni 2026

Laatst geverifieerd

1 juni 2026

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