BEARS Virtual Reality research project

This exciting project is recruiting participants at USAIS – please get in touch if your child may want to take part.

 

There is a lot of research showing that sound localisation as well as speech understanding in noise and music listening can be improved with training. The BEARS team has developed a suite of Virtual Reality games that children and young people can use at home. We want to see if three months of listening training using a Virtual Reality headset or an iPad at home can improve hearing and quality of life.

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The BEARS trial has now closed to recruitment. Thank you to all the children, young people and families who took part. The study team is completing follow-up and analysis, and we will share the findings when they are available. 

This is a large multi centre research project across the UK – involving all UK children’s cochlear implant centres. See more details of the trial here.