Children's Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Finland

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate short and long term outcomes (benefits and side-effects) of bilateral cochlear implantation and bilateral hearing aid rehabilitation in Finnish children.

Conditions

• Deafness
• Hearing Loss

Interventions

DEVICE

cochlear implant

Multichannel Nucleus cochlear implant

DEVICE

hearing aid

Phonak hearing aid

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Eastern Finland

  collaborator OTHER

• Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Helsinki

  collaborator OTHER

• Oulu University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Oulu

  collaborator OTHER

• Turku University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Tampere University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Kuopio University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Heikki J Löppönen, M.D.,Prof. · Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kuopio University and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland

• Taina T Välimaa, Ph.D. · Faculty of Humanities, Logopedics, University of Oulu, Finland

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age

24 Months

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-08-31

Primary Completion

2022-12-31

Completion

2022-12-31

Countries

• Finland

Study Locations