Auditory evoked potentials as objective outcome measures V.1.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Auditory evoked potentials as objective outcome measures in individuals with hearing devices
IRAS ID
226216
Contact name
Ghada BinKhamis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 4 months, 20 days
Research summary
Current standard assessments used in the audiology clinic of a patients abilities to hear sounds, to understand conversations, and to understand conversations in a noisy environment (such as at a restaurant) with their hearing device (hearing aids or their cochlear implants) rely on the patient listening to sounds and reporting weather they heard them, on patients repeating words and sentences, and on patients repeating sentences presented in a background of noise.
Not all patients are able to perform these tasks; for example, infants or young children and some individuals with disabilities are unable to inform the audiologist (hearing healthcare professional) how they are hearing with their hearing device nor are they able to report weather they heard a sound or repeat words and sentences.This study aims at developing an objective test (an auditory evoked potential response) of speech detection and speech understanding in background noise that can be used in the audiology clinic with patients that are unable to perform on current standard tests. This test would not require any cooperation or feedback from the patient.
In order to achieve this goal, adults with hearing loss that use hearing aids or cochlear implants will be recruited through NHS audiology clinics in greater Manchester and asked to attend to visits at the University of Manchester. Standard clinical tests of speech understanding and other tests of hearing function will be utilised to compare their results to the auditory evoked potential test that is being developed in order to evaluate its’ potential use in audiology practice to evaluate detection of speech and understanding of speech in background noise in patients using hearing devices.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/EE/0194
Date of REC Opinion
16 May 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion