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NCT05176561

Auditory-Cognitive Training to Optimize Outcomes for Older CI Users

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NAAges 60+InterventionalTreatment
Gallaudet University
~30 participants
Updated 2026-03-30 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Auditory-Cognitive TrainingNon-auditory Cognitive Training

At a glance

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What they're measuring
AZBio Sentence Test (Spahr A, Dorman M, Gilles,A et al (2012)
Measured over Change from baseline AZBio Sentence Test scores at one-week post training. Change from baseline AZBio scores at 2 months post training.
+7 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Hearing Loss
Deafness

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Where it's being run

3 sites across 3 states
District of Columbia1
New York1
Tennessee1

Study leadership

  • Diane M Brewer, MA · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Gallaudet University
  • Claire M Bernstein, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Gallaudet University

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

60 years of age and over;
Between 3 months and 3 years post cochlear implant activation;
Passing score an cognitive screener (Callahan et al, 2002);
Speech recognition scores on AZBio between 10% and 85%.

Exclusion

Single-sided deafness
Non-fluent English

What this trial measures

  • AZBio Sentence Test (Spahr A, Dorman M, Gilles,A et al (2012)Change from baseline AZBio Sentence Test scores at one-week post training. Change from baseline AZBio scores at 2 months post training.

    Repeat sentences; % score of words repeated correctly; 0-100%; higher is better

  • Client Orientated Scale of Improvement (COSI) Dillon H, James A , Ginis J, et al.(1997)Change from baseline COSI score at one-week post training. Change from baseline COSI score at 2 months post training.

    Questionnaire rating for hearing ability pre and post treatment 10-95%; higher is better

  • Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL) McRacken,T (2019) McRackan T, Hand B; Velozo CA, Dubno J. (2019) Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL)(CIQOL-10 Global). J Speech Lang Hear Res. 62(9Change from baseline CIQOL score at one-week post training. Change from baseline CIQOL score at 2 months post training.

    Questionnaire measuring quality of life with hearing loss. Scores 1-5; higher is better

  • Raven Progressive Matrices Test. (2009).Change from baseline Raven Progressive Matrices Test score at one-week post training. Change from baseline Raven Progressive Matrices Test score at 2 months post training.

    Test of nonverbal reasoning. Scores number matrices completed from 0-60 matrices; higher is better.

  • Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Hearing Impaired Individuals (RBANS-H). Claes A, Mertens G, Gilles A et al. (2016).Change from baseline Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS-H) scores at one-week post training. Change from RBANS-H baseline at 2 months.

    Test of cognitive function adapted and normed for persons with hearing loss. Scores range from 40-160; higher is better.

  • Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Screening Tool based on Psychometric Reevaluation of the Hearing Handicap Inventories for the Elderly and Adults (RHHI). Cassarly C, Matthews L, Simpson A et al.( 2020)Change from baseline RHHI scores at 1-week post training. Change from baseline RHHI scores at 2 months post training.

    Questionnaire to assess perceived hearing handicap associated with a hearing loss or effects of hearing loss on an individual's quality of life. Scores range from 0 to100 with 0-52 for emotional sub-scale and 0-48 for social-situational; lower scores are better.

  • Trail Making Test (TMT) Sánchez-Cubillo I, Periáñez JA, Adrover-Roig D, et al. (2009)Change from baseline Trail Making Test scores at 1-week post training, at 2 months post training. at 2 months post training.

    Test of cognitive abilities. Scores time to completion; lower is better.

  • Neural Response to sound Electrophysological response to sound.Change in amplitude and latency scores at 1-week post training. Change from baseline at 2 months post training

    Electrophysiological response to measure brain's electrical activity to sounds. Latency and amplitude changes recorded. Increased amplitude and reduced latency are better.