TY - JOUR
T1 - Auditory-cognitive training for adult cochlear implant recipients
T2 - a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
AU - Lawrence, Blake J.
AU - Eikelboom, Robert H.
AU - Jayakody, Dona M.P.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Background: There is an urgent need to develop new therapies to improve cognitive function in adults following cochlear implant surgery. This study aims to determine if completing at-home computer-based brain training activities improve memory and thinking skills in adults following their first cochlear implant. Methods: This study will be conducted as a single-blind, head-to-head, randomised controlled trial (RCT). It will determine whether auditory training combined with adaptive computerised cognitive training will elicit greater improvement in cognition, sound and speech perception, mood, and quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients, when compared to auditory training combined with non-adaptive (i.e. placebo) computerised cognitive training. Participants 18 years or older who meet the clinical criteria for a cochlear implant will be recruited into the study. Results: The results of this trial will clarify whether the auditory training combined with cognitive training will improve cognition, sound and speech perception, mood, and quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients. Discussion: We anticipate that our findings will have implications for clinical practice in the treatment of adult cochlear implant recipients. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12619000609156. Registered on April 23 2019.
AB - Background: There is an urgent need to develop new therapies to improve cognitive function in adults following cochlear implant surgery. This study aims to determine if completing at-home computer-based brain training activities improve memory and thinking skills in adults following their first cochlear implant. Methods: This study will be conducted as a single-blind, head-to-head, randomised controlled trial (RCT). It will determine whether auditory training combined with adaptive computerised cognitive training will elicit greater improvement in cognition, sound and speech perception, mood, and quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients, when compared to auditory training combined with non-adaptive (i.e. placebo) computerised cognitive training. Participants 18 years or older who meet the clinical criteria for a cochlear implant will be recruited into the study. Results: The results of this trial will clarify whether the auditory training combined with cognitive training will improve cognition, sound and speech perception, mood, and quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients. Discussion: We anticipate that our findings will have implications for clinical practice in the treatment of adult cochlear implant recipients. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12619000609156. Registered on April 23 2019.
KW - Auditory rehabilitation
KW - Auditory-cognitive training
KW - Cochlear implant
KW - Cognitive decline
KW - Cognitive function
KW - Hearing loss
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119013210&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s13063-021-05714-7
DO - 10.1186/s13063-021-05714-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 34772432
AN - SCOPUS:85119013210
SN - 1745-6215
VL - 22
JO - Trials
JF - Trials
IS - 1
M1 - 793
ER -