Electrocochleography Along Cochlear Implant Auditory Rehabilitation

Summary

Electrocochleography (eCochG) is an electrophysiological measurement to evaluate the activity of cochlear hair cells in response to acoustic stimulation. This measure thus reflects the functional state of the cochlea and more specifically the neuronal survival.

Whereas in the normal-hearing subject, eCochG collection requires the introduction of a collection electrode in the middle ear, closest to the cochlea, in the cochlear implant subject, eCochG can be collected through the electrodes of the cochlear implant.

Measured during surgery, eCochGs may help optimize the placement of the electrode array within the cochlea and help in the decision to refer the patient to a conventional cochlear implant or, when residual cochlear activity is detected, to an electro-acoustic implant system.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of intra-operative eCochG collections for the optimization of electrode array placement within the cochlea and then for monitoring the residual hearing and its relationship to hearing performance during the first months of rehabilitation.

Conditions

• Cochlear Prosthesis Implantation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Electrocochleography

Electrocochleographic responses will be evoked using different pure tone sounds delivered through an insert placed in the external auditory duct. The responses will be recorded with the electrodes of the cochlear implant connected to a dedicated interface. Electrocochleographic responses will be collected continuously during the electrode-array insertion at the implantation surgery using 500Hz pure tone and after suturing with 250, 500, 750 and 1000Hz pure tones. Then, electrocochleographic responses to pure tones from 125 to 8000HZ (according to the subject residual hearing) will be recorded 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months and 4 months after implantation.

OTHER

Pure Tone Audiometry

The perception thresholds to 125, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz pure tones will be measured within the month preceding the implantation using the same insert t. Pure tone audiometry with the same frequencies will be done 2 weeks, 1, 2 and 4 months after the implantation.

OTHER

Speech audiometry

The speech perception will be assessed in silence and in noise in free field 1 and 4 months after implantation. The speech perception in silence will be assessed using monosyllabic words 60 dB SPL. Speech in noise will be assessed using an adaptative test with fixed noise level (60 dB SPL).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospices Civils de Lyon

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hung THAI VAN, MD · Hospices Civils de Lyon

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

75 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-12-02

Primary Completion

2022-12-02

Completion

2022-12-02

Countries

• France

Study Locations