{"id":1751,"date":"2026-07-10T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:26:56","slug":"lucia-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/2026\/07\/10\/lucia-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"LUCIA trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light has-background-color has-text-color has-link-color has-crete-round-font-family wp-elements-99f85ddcdf44f352af7ab29c8c402274\" style=\"min-height:350px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1048\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2024\/11\/cayetano-gil-GIVExt4BQSY-unsplash-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#91aba7\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-03d8a598f6486b50088b24e6b1b61786\" style=\"font-size:55px\"><strong><strong>Listening with Unilateral versus bilateral Cochlear Implants in Adults (LUCIA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LUCIA is a randomised controlled trial comparing simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral cochlear implantation in adults with post-lingual severe-profound hearing loss. The trial is funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk\/award\/NIHR171615\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk\/award\/NIHR171615\">NIHR<\/a>. All_Ears PPIE group are the named patient and public involvement group for the trial and will be informing each stage of the research process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information about the trial will be coming soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-04e65b2d01dee5ecb9b566ef734ae3f4\">Study outline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The LUCIA team want to hear from you to decide how they should pronounce the trial name.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/455\/2026\/07\/LUCIA.mov\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Please watch this video and vote option 1, 2 or 3 by emailing Dr Kate Hough at k.l.hough@soton.ac.uk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Option 1. LOO-see-uh&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Option 2. loo-SEE-uh&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Option 3. loo-CHEE-uh&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks very much! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-938471dc wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/all-ears\/\">Return to our home page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the study LUCIA is a randomised controlled trial comparing simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral cochlear implantation in adults with post-lingual severe-profound hearing loss. The trial is funded by NIHR. All_Ears PPIE group are the named patient and public involvement group for the trial and will be informing each stage of the research process. 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