Early Performance with Anatomy-Based Cochlear Implant Programming
Part of Brain & nervous system, Ear, nose & throat clinical trials.
This study looks at how programming a cochlear implant based on your inner ear's shape may improve early hearing performance. It is for adults who already have or will get a MED-EL cochlear implant and have some hearing in the opposite ear.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- Your doctor says you are a candidate for a cochlear implant.
- You have (or will get) a MED-EL cochlear implant, and your other ear has at least moderately severe hearing or better.
- If you have moderate hearing loss or worse in the non-implanted ear, you must use a hearing aid in that ear.
- Your cochlear implant will be programmed in a specific way (electric-only, fine structure strategy) and you have at least 10 active electrodes.
- You speak English as your primary language and can commit to all study visits.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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