Programming Cochlear Implant With Artificial Intelligence

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This thesis project proposes to investigate the state of the art of the programming of the cochlear implant. In the center of audiophonologie Brussels, the classic 'manual programming' has been in use over 20 years and also the new way 'Artificial Intelligence programming'. The investigators want to compare, objectify, and control this new mode of programming. The study is planned over 4 years, in order to test, randomized, 15 subjects with manual programming and 15 other subjects with Artificial Intelligence programming. To test the performance of Cochlear Implant patients, audiological, language auditory perception and questionnaire tests will be presented. This research aims to determine the contribution and results of Artificial Intelligence programming.

Official Title
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Programming Cochlear Implant With Artificial Intelligence

Conditions
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Deafness; Perception

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Manual intervention to programme Cochlear Implant electrodes


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: unilateral cochlear implant post-lingual hearing loss a good command of French. Exclusion Criteria: non deaf bilateral cochlear implant deaf without cochlear implant

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Manual fitting<br>The patient is receiving the classical treatment : 10 sessions of 1 hour during one year where the clinician programs manually the Cochlear implant. | Other: Manual intervention to programme Cochlear Implant electrodes<br>* The Clinician test the 22 electrodes so that the patient is able to hear the language<br>|
| Experimental: Artificial Intelligence<br>The patient is receiving the new treatment : 4 sessions of 1 hour during one year where the clinician programs the Cochlear implant with the FOX (Fitting to Outcome eXpert) software using artificial intelligence. | Other: Manual intervention to programme Cochlear Implant electrodes<br>* The Clinician test the 22 electrodes so that the patient is able to hear the language<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evaluate Fox software efficiency | Evaluate Fox software efficiency for the programming of Cochlear implants used to facilitate hearing of deaf patients. This research aims to determine the contribution (time, results,…) of Artificial intelligence to program cochlear implants. The investigator will compare the results of hearing tests of newly programmed patients with FOX to those of newly programmed patients with a manual fitting. The outcomes used by software FOX are pure tone audiometry thresholds from 250 to 6000Hz, speech audiometry scores at 40, 55, 70 and 85 dB SPL, spectral discrimination scores using an oddity test in which 2 speech sounds are presented and where the aim is to react to the odd speech sound (Govaerts et al. 2006), and loudness growth curves determined with narrow band noises centered at 250, 1000 and 4000 Hz using an A§E® test battery (Meeuws et al., 2017). | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Deafness, cochlear implant, Artificial Intelligence