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NCT Number: NCT04832373

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

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.

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Key information

Age range

8 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

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

Toulouse, 31059, France

About this study

The humanoid robot should allow an ecological approach to this additional rehabilitation. Before developing this approach, it is necessary to study the acceptability of the humanoid robot at home, both by the parents and by the cochlear implanted child. The main objective of this study is to assess the acceptability by the child and his family, of a humanoid robot installed at home for one month.

The secondary objectives are to describe the acceptability of the child and his family that is the relationship to technology, the intention of use, expectations, perceived utility, perception of the robot and facilitating conditions before then after 1 month of using the robot at home,

  • describe the child's acceptability with respect to his experience, his fun and the emotions felt when he uses the robot at home

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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

Exclusion criteria

  • 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

Treatment and study plan

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Acceptability of a humanoid robot

    Time frame: month 1

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

Secondary outcomes

  1. Relationship to technology

    Time frame: month 1

    Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

  2. Intention of use

    Time frame: month 1

    Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

  3. Relationship with the robot

    Time frame: month 1

    Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

  4. User experience

    Time frame: Month 1

    Assessment by a set of questionnaires and standardized scales validated by the scientific community

  5. participants' expectations

    Time frame: Month 1

    Measurement by sentence completion which consists of giving the beginning of a sentence and letting the user complete the rest of the sentence

  6. 3Emethod

    Time frame: Month 1

    Evaluation of emotions in the form of a drawing with a speech bubble and a thought bubble.

  7. classification of activities

    Time frame: Month 1

    classification according to various criteria (good functioning, fun, ease of use)

  8. Feedback

    Time frame: Month 1

    with a Semi-structured interview on the use of the robot

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Toulouse

Other

Collaborators

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Registry information

Acronym: H2R2

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 5, 2021
Registry last updated
Dec 5, 2025

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