Precision Medicine in Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A Precision Medicine Approach to Prognosticate Hearing Loss Associated with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct.
IRAS ID
271326
Contact name
Iain Bruce
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 28 days
Research summary
\nTitle: predicting hearing loss in children with enlarged vestibular aqueduct using artificial intelligence.\nWhy we are undertaking this research: one in every 750 children in the UK will experience hearing loss. Hearing loss can be caused by a problem of the inner ear associated with a wide bony channel (enlarged vestibular aqueduct, EVA). We know that children with EVA will develop severe hearing loss and may need a surgery to implant a hearing device but we do not know when in their life that will happen. Having a better understanding as to how hearing loss progresses in children with EVA will allow health care workers to council patients with EVA as to how often they will require hearing tests, when they will likely lose their hearing and what the best way to rehabilitate their hearing will be. \nWho will be researched: We will analyse pre-existing data from the health records of patients known to have EVA from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. This will be done in conjunction with data scientists at the University of Manchester.\nHow will we research EVA: We will collect pre-existing clinical, hearing loss and inner ear scan data from patients with EVA. We will use a computer programs with can learn from the data being presented to it ( artificial intelligence). We aim to test whether or not specific computer programs can learn from lots of data from our patients in order to predict how hearing loss progresses in EVA patients.\n\nThe study will last over a period of 2 years and is funded by Manchester University NHS Foundation trust and the Royal College of Surgeons.\n\n
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/YH/0434
Date of REC Opinion
16 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion