Investigating Auditory Processing in the Users of Auditory Brainstem and Cochlear Implants

Description

This is a basic investigational research study conducted with hearing impaired adults and children who use cochlear implant or auditory brainstem implant (ABI) devices. The study will evaluate different aspects of hearing and auditory processing in the users of implantable auditory devices.

Conditions

Deafness

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Study overview

This is a basic investigational research study conducted with hearing impaired adults and children who use cochlear implant or auditory brainstem implant (ABI) devices. The study will evaluate different aspects of hearing and auditory processing in the users of implantable auditory devices.

Investigating Auditory Processing in the Users of Auditory Brainstem and Cochlear Implants

Investigating Auditory Processing in the Users of Auditory Brainstem and Cochlear Implants

Condition
Deafness
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States, 10016

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Hearing impaired adult and or child (above 2 years old) who uses ABIs or cochlear implants.
  • * No diagnosis of any other communicative or cognitive disorder other than hearing impairment. The individual must be able to visit the lab in order to participate in behavioral and electrophysiological experiments.
  • * Patients' implant device must have useable electrodes that do not result in uncomfortable or unpleasant non-auditory sensation.
  • * Diagnosed cognitive or communicative disorders (other than hearing impairment)
  • * Severe neurological disorders
  • * No useable electrodes in their implants

Ages Eligible for Study

2 Years to 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

NYU Langone Health,

Mahan Azadpour, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

2026-12-30