Cochlear Implant clinical trials at UCSF
1 in progress, 0 open to eligible people
CT Guided CI Programming
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The current standard of care for cochlear implants (CI) does not address the significant pitch-place mismatch that is inherent in cochlear implantation (see detailed description below). The present study uses postoperative Flat Panel (higher resolution than standard) CT imaging to measure where CI electrodes sit within an individual's cochlea; doing so allows for more accurate frequency mapping (and thus pitch perception). The hypothesis of this study is that long-term (1 year) use of CT image-based frequency maps, beginning on the first day of CI activation, will improve user performance in the areas of speech and music perception, as compared to the use of default programming settings.
San Francisco, California
Our lead scientists for Cochlear Implant research studies include Charles Limb.