Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Lip-reading in Patients With Hearing Aids: SCED Study
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Conditions studied: Hearing Loss, Bilateral or Unilateral
In brief
This study aims to investigate whether lip reading rehabilitation improves viseme recognition in individuals with hearing impairments who use hearing aids.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07028658
- Run by
- Institut Pasteur
- People needed
- 8
- Starts
- 2025-10-16
- Expected to finish
- 2026-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient aged 18 or older
- Affiliated with a social security system
- Moderate to severe bilateral post-lingual hearing loss, fitted with hearing aids for more than 6 months
- Wearing hearing aids for a minimum of 8 hours/day on average over the past month
- Intelligibility in quiet > 80% correct responses at 60 dB (Lafon cochlear list)
- Difficulty in noisy environments rated > 6 on a 0-10 EVA scale
- French language comprehension level of at least B1 CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
- Willing to participate in speech therapy rehabilitation at a rate of 2 sessions per week
You may not qualify if…
- Patient who has already undergone speech therapy rehabilitation as part of their hearing loss treatment
- Diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease or history of brain injury (traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor, meningitis, etc.)
- Uncorrected vision or visual impairment affecting lip reading (e.g. AMD, glaucoma, unoperated cataract, etc.)
- Presence of severe tinnitus (score > 56) on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) questionnaire
- Significant cognitive impairment (CODEX C or D) or Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) score < 23
Where it is running
- Cabinet d'orthophonie — Paris, France (enrolling)
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