OPTI-FOX

OPTImization of the automated Fitting to Outcomes eXpert with language-independent hearing-in-noise test battery and electro-acoustical test box for cochlear implant users

Coordinatore	OTOCONSULT NV    more  Organization address address: HERENTALSEBAAN 71 city: ANTWERPEN postcode: 2100 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Paul Cognome: Govaerts Email: send email Telefono: +32 3 314 13 00 Fax: +32 3 314 03 79
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	1˙747˙897 €
EC contributo	1˙274˙928 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2010-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-11-01   -   2012-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	OTOCONSULT NV  Organization address address: HERENTALSEBAAN 71 city: ANTWERPEN postcode: 2100 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Paul Cognome: Govaerts Email: send email Telefono: +32 3 314 13 00 Fax: +32 3 314 03 79	BE (ANTWERPEN)	coordinator	499˙997.00
2	Akoestische Bouw Projecten B.V.  Organization address address: Centraleweg 12 city: Geertruidenberg postcode: 4931 NB contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mandy Cognome: Van Der List-Van Dongen Email: send email Telefono: +31 162570960 Fax: +31 162 570959	NL (Geertruidenberg)	participant	318˙656.60
3	ABC International Trade B.V.  Organization address address: Centraleweg 12 city: Geertruidenberg postcode: 4931 NB contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mandy Cognome: Van Der List-Van Dongen Email: send email Telefono: +31 162 520447 Fax: +31 162 570959	NL (Geertruidenberg)	participant	255˙885.80
4	HORZENTRUM HANNOVER GMBH  Organization address address: KARL WIECHERT ALLEE 3 city: HANNOVER postcode: 30625 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ingo Cognome: Klokemann Email: send email Telefono: +49 01626666094 Fax: +49 05115326833	DE (HANNOVER)	participant	200˙389.40
5	KAREL DE GROTE HOGESCHOOL KATHOLIEKE HOGESCHOOL ANTWERPEN  Organization address address: BRUSSELSTRAAT 45 city: ANTWERPEN postcode: 2018 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Luc Cognome: Lambrecht Email: send email Telefono: +32 3 613 16 30 Fax: +32 3 613 16 01	BE (ANTWERPEN)	participant	0.00
6	MEDIZINISCHE HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER  Organization address address: Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1 city: HANNOVER postcode: 30625 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Frank Cognome: Dittrich Email: send email Telefono: +49 511 532 53 43 Fax: +49 511 532 6833	DE (HANNOVER)	participant	0.00
7	STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT  Organization address address: GEERT GROOTEPLEIN NOORD 9 city: NIJMEGEN postcode: 6525 EZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Nico Cognome: Schroder Email: send email Telefono: +31 24 3611911 Fax: +31 24 3615481	NL (NIJMEGEN)	participant	0.00
8	STICHTING VU-VUMC  Organization address address: DE BOELELAAN 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Richard Cognome: De Loor Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 59 82708	NL (AMSTERDAM)	participant	0.00
9	UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACION A DISTANCIA  Organization address address: CALLE BRAVO MURILLO 38 PLANTA 7 city: MADRID postcode: 28015 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Paloma Cognome: Centeno Email: send email Telefono: 34913987409 Fax: 34913988435	ES (MADRID)	participant	0.00
10	UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN  Organization address address: PRINSSTRAAT 13 city: ANTWERPEN postcode: 2000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anne Cognome: Adams Email: send email Telefono: +32 3 265 30 28 Fax: +32 3 265 30 11	BE (ANTWERPEN)	participant	0.00
11	VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG  Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Dirkje Cognome: Schinkelshoek Email: send email Telefono: 31205987500 Fax: 31205987448	NL (AMSTERDAM)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Patients suffering from sensori-neural hearing loss caused by damaged hair cells in the cochlea and diagnosed as being profoundly deaf, are potential candidates for cochlear implantation. Today, there are a number of important limitations with respect to the optimal use of these devices in deaf patients. Firstly, cochlear implant speech processors need to be adjusted so that sounds perceived by the patient are representational and at a comfortable level. Manual fitting, currently the norm, is technically demanding and time consuming and clearly suboptimal, as it involves only two of the many electrical parameters in the speech processor. Secondly, manipulation of the implant settings is based on subjective judgments of the patient , which are often inconsistent and do not reflect the outcomes on psychoacoustic measures. For the last few years, experts in the field have expressed the need for a new fitting process that optimizes the patient’s hearing in a more efficient and accurate way. For this to happen, the fitting procedure should change from a comfort-driven approach to an outcome-driven one. It should also address as many electrical parameters as possible. Ideally, a cochlear implant should come with an assisted or (semi-)automated fitting procedure in which a large number of parameters may be adjusted, based on measured psycho-acoustic feedback from the implant user. Such an assisted fitting process would drastically reduce the number of man-hours of fitting during the lifetime of the device with qualitative with qualitatively better outcomes. The main objectives of the proposed research project are therefore (i) to turn an existing theoretical automated fitting model into a clinical application by means of various techniques from statistics, machine learning and optimisation; (ii) to develop an evaluation tool to measure functional hearing capacities, in casu the ability to understand speech-in-noise, representative for day-to-day listening situations.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Hearing loss affects over 55 million people in the EU and the numbers are expected to reach about 100 million in 20 years. Cochlear implants (CIs) are surgically implanted devices used for patients with damaged hair cells in the cochlea (inner ear) resulting in sensori-neural hearing loss.