Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Lip-reading in Patients With Hearing Aids: SCED Study (NCT07028658) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Lip-reading in Patients With Hearing Aids: SCED Study
France8 participantsStarted 2025-10-16
Plain-language summary
This study aims to investigate whether lip reading rehabilitation improves viseme recognition in individuals with hearing impairments who use hearing aids.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 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
Exclusion Criteria:
* 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
What they're measuring
1
Repetition score, in words (with and without labial doppelganger) of Lafon's cochlear lists presented on video support in visual-only modality
Timeframe: 26 sessions (4,5 months)
2
Repetition score, in visemes (with and without labial doppelganger) of Lafon's cochlear lists presented on video support in visual-only modality