Auditory Performances With Different Stimulation Depths in Cochlear Implanted Subjects Using a Fine Structure Strategy
Key facts
- Who runs it
- MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
- Where
- Paris, FranceSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 32 people, planned
- Started
- 10 Jul 2021
- Planned end
- 30 Sept 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- FineHearing Strategy with 10 more apical electrodes or with 10 more basal electrodes activated
- Record updated
- 19 November 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Adult patient (≥ 18 years old) speaking French
- Patient who fulfils the criteria for cochlear implantation
- Patient with a postoperative insertion angle of the apical electrode > 450°
- Patient with 12 active electrodes on the day of activation
Who cannot take part
- Retro-cochlear pathology: auditory neuropathy, vestibular schwannoma
Where in France
- GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP 6Paris, FranceContact: Isabelle Mosnier, DrTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Main objective:
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Investigate on new cochlear implanted patients whether the FineHearing strategy of the MED-EL cochlear implant gives better results on musical perception if the depth of stimulation (stimulation or not of the apical areas) is greater.
Secondary objectives:
Evaluate the effect of stimulation depth on vocal audiometric results, results of differential frequency threshold test and on qualitative sound perception.
The 2 groups in the trial
- CI with FineHearing with 10 more apical electrodes activated then 10 more basal electrodes activatedExisting treatment, for comparison
Cochlear implant with FineHearing Strategy with 10 more apical electrodes activated first during 1 month then FineHearing Strategy with 10 more basal electrodes activated during 1 month
Treatment: FineHearing Strategy with 10 more apical electrodes or with 10 more basal electrodes activated
- CI with FineHearing with 10 more basal electrodes activated then 10 more apical electrodes activatedExisting treatment, for comparison
Cochlear implant with FineHearing Strategy with 10 more basal electrodes activated first during 1 month then FineHearing Strategy with 10 more apical electrodes activated during 1 month
Treatment: FineHearing Strategy with 10 more apical electrodes or with 10 more basal electrodes activated
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Study of Musical Perception and Post-operative Auditory Performance as a Function of the Depth of Stimulation in Subjects Implanted With a MED-EL Cochlear Implant and Using a FineHearing Strategy Single-center Randomized Cross-over Study
- Record updated
- 19 November 2025