Assessment of the Acceptability of a Humanoid Robot at Home for Children With Cochlear Implants - H2R2

NCT04832373 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: RC31/20/02502020-A01989-30.
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The quality of the rehabilitation of deafness in children with cochlear implantation is a major prognostic factor for the outcome on speech comprehension and oral expression. This rehabilitation is carried out cooperatively by the hospital cochlear implantation team, and by a speech therapist located near the child's home. The multi-weekly sessions represent a constraint for the child and his parents. Complementary training work at home would make it possible to balance the equity in the distribution of care in the territory, and should promote the progress of the child, who is more inclined to use a tool available at home.

Conditions

Cochlear Implantation

Keywords

cochlear implantation; humanoid robot

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Acceptability of a humanoid robot

  assess by the number of weekly hours during which the child uses the robot.

  month 1

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Relationship to technology

  month 1

• Intention of use

  month 1

• Relationship with the robot

  month 1

• User experience

  Month 1

• participants' expectations

  Month 1

Study Arms (1)

Humanoid Robot

OTHER

Device: Interaction with humanoid robot

Interventions

Interaction with humanoid robot DEVICE

A humanoid robot will be installed for 30 days in children. It has a touchscreen tablet, allowing manual interaction complementing the voice interaction. The robot speaks, hears, and has facial and voice identification.

Humanoid Robot

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Child aged 8 to 12, user of his cochlear implant with a favorable family environment,
• Child implanted with at least one cochlear implant undergoing speech therapy rehabilitation, and monitored by the pediatric cochlear implant unit (UPIC) of the Toulouse University Hospital
• Child and his family whose mother tongue is French
• Affiliation to a social security scheme

You may not qualify if:

• Cognitive or psychological inability or refusal of the participant to give written consent
• Other sensory or motor deficit that may interfere with the use of the robot
• Unstable psychiatric pathology
• Child with both parents benefiting from a legal protection measure

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France: collaborator
• University Hospital, Toulouse: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital Toulouse - Service d'ORL, ORL pédiatrique et Otoneurologie

Toulouse, 31059, France

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Stiti S, Caroux L, Gaillard P, Paubel PV, Deguine O. Innovative protocol of an exploratory study evaluating the acceptability of a humanoid robot at home of deaf children with cochlear implants. PLoS One. 2023 Jun 16;18(6):e0285927. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285927. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37327230 BACKGROUND

• Diehl JJ, Schmitt LM, Villano M, Crowell CR. The Clinical Use of Robots for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Critical Review. Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2012 Jan;6(1):249-262. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.05.006.

  PMID: 22125579 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Olivier DEGUINE, PH

  University Hospital, Toulouse

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2021
• First Posted: April 5, 2021
• Study Start: September 17, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 29, 2023
• Study Completion: March 29, 2023
• Last Updated: December 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)