Clinical trials: Auditory Perception
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, PreTerm Neonate
Effects of a Structured Maternal Voice Program on Premature Infant Responses and Maternal-Infant Attachment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This study evaluates the effects of a Structured Maternal Voice Program (SMVP). on premature infant responses and maternal-infant attachment in the intensive care unit (NICU) .
- Conditions
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, PreTerm Neonate, Healthy
- Trial name
- SMVP-NICU (NCT06839534)
- Testing
- Structured Maternal Voice Program (SMVP)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Speech, Memory, Delayed
Effects of Clear Speech on Listening Effort and Memory in Sentence Processing
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is among the most prevalent chronic conditions in aging and has a profoundly negative effect on speech comprehension, leading to increased social isolation, reduced quality of life, and increased…
- Conditions
- Speech, Memory, Delayed, Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06053190
- Testing
- Sentence stimulus, Speaking style
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Dyslexia
Maturation of Auditory Processing in Children With Dyslexia Compared to Average-reading Children
The hypothesis of central auditory processing disorders has been advanced to explain the anomalies of the grapheme/phoneme combination in some dyslexia.
- Trial name
- ASTRAUCOLE (NCT02345876)
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Cochlear Implant Users
Cochlear Implants and Listening Effort: the Interaction of Cognitive and Sensory Constraints
This study examines how cochlear implant users understand and comprehend speech in realistic communication situations. Through six experiments measuring listening effort via pupillometry and discourse comprehension, we will…
- Trial name
- NCT07279441
- Testing
- Experiment 1: Syntactic and Semantic Context, Experiment 2: False Hearing and Context Overuse, Experiment 3: Two-Sentence Problem
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Ultrasonography Prenatal
The Effect of Visual and Audio Stimulus Offered to Father-to-be
It was aimed to evaluate the effect of visual and auditory stimuli presented to father candidates on postpartum breastfeeding success of mothers, perception of spousal support and postpartum depression.
- Trial name
- NCT06282419
- Testing
- USE OF MOBILE ULTRASOUND, ultrasound image taken from the internet
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Hearing Impairment, Hearing Aid Fitting
Blast Exposed Veterans With Auditory Complaints
The purpose of this study is to study blast-exposed Veterans who report hearing handicap but show normal or near normal results on standard audiometric testing.
- Trial name
- NCT02122458
- Testing
- mild-gain hearing aids with high-frequency emphasis over 6-months
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 363 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Fall Prevention
Fall Prevention Strategies Including Music and Posturography
We propose to obtain computerized dynamic posturography scores on patients in a (psycho)geriatric nursing home utilizing the CAPS system from Vestibular Technology.
- Trial name
- NCT00368511
- Testing
- Music Listening
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
Hearing Loss, Genetic Disease
Auditory Restoration and Outcomes After Gene Therapy and Cochlear Implantation: a PRospective Cohort Analysis (AURORA)
This cohort study aims to explore the trends and differences in multidimensional perceptual levels of patients after cochlear implants or gene therapy, as well as to comprehensively assess the efficacy of gene therapy for…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Genetic Disease, Speech Perception
- Trial name
- NCT06237790
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Psychological, Auditory Perception
The Effect of Auditory Cues on Mood and Gait
The objective of this study is to identify the influence of positive and negative auditory cues, music and a placebo (silence) on mood and gait during 30 minutes of free walking.
- Trial name
- NCT05048576
- Testing
- Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement, Silence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clarkson University
Breast Milk Production
Effect of Music on Breastmilk
A mother of a preterm infant listening to music while pumping her breasts will produce more milk than a similar mother who is not listening to music.
- Trial name
- NCT01893047
- Testing
- live music, recorded music
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Stuttering
Activity of the Auditory Cortex During Speech Perception and Speech Production in Stuttering
The goal of the study is to examine the cortical activity during speech perception and speech production in idiopathic stutterers compared to fluent speakers.
- Trial name
- NCT00148161
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Nursing Documentation Burden
Ambient AI for Reducing Nursing Staff Documentation Time
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether using Ambient Artificial Intelligence for nursing staff documentation in an inpatient setting will reduce the time spent in flowsheet documentation and enhance nurse staffing…
- Trial name
- NCT07456241
- Testing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Quality of Life (QOL), Communication Barriers
The Mental Cost and Burden of Listening
This randomised controlled trial aims to test the effect of hearing adjustment using hearing aids, on the ease and effectiveness of communication such as listening effort, fatigue, and sentence recognition in noise, in addition…
- Conditions
- Quality of Life (QOL), Communication Barriers, Cognitive Performance, Fatigue, Mental
- Trial name
- NCT06951815
- Testing
- Hearing aids programmed to each participant's hearing loss.
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Childhood Obesity
The SIM-PLICITY Study: The SIMulation Project - LIstening & Intervention in Pediatric obeSITY
This study is looking at the feasibility and efficacy of using SIMmersion's PeopleSim technology to train providers through role playing simulations to effectively conduct discussions with parents to provide intervention for, and…
- Trial name
- SIM-PLICITY (NCT02946515)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention, Wait List Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Amnestic, Parkinson Disease (PD)
Early Stage of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases, HearIng Relevance (SAPHIR)
The study aims to phenotype hearing in patients with early stage of neurodegenerative disorders to explore the prevalence of various hearing disorders in comparison to a control population.
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Amnestic, Parkinson Disease (PD), Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- SAPHIR (NCT07083089)
- Testing
- Thorough Hearing assessment
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 309 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cilcare SAS
Language Development
Supporting Children's School Readiness.
The aim of this project is to test whether training parents to ask their children 'inference- eliciting' questions during book reading is effective in promoting story comprehension for 4-year-olds from a range of socio-economic…
- Trial name
- NCT02854462
- Testing
- Language comprehension intervention, Counting intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Listening Difficulties
Causes of Listening Difficulties in Children
Many children experience listening and processing difficulties (LiD), especially in background noise, despite normal hearing sensitivity. The prevalence of these problems is estimated at 0.5-1% in the general population.
- Trial name
- CLINIC (NCT06388343)
- Testing
- Evaluation of Children's Listening and Processing Skills, Multidisciplinary behavioral assessment
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Speech Perception, Communication Barriers
The Effects of Operating Room COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment on Speech Perception and Listening Effort
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the combination surgical mask+N95 mask+face shield in operating room on speech perception and listening effort during the COVID-19 process.
- Conditions
- Speech Perception, Communication Barriers, Operating Rooms, Protective Devices
- Trial name
- NCT07505953
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 219 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
Can Smartphones Listen to Your Heart? A Performance Study on Detecting Inborn Heart Diseases in Your Heart Sounds
This observational study aims to assess the performance of the software called ausculto™. ausculto™ is a collection of computer algorithms that intend to analyse heart sounds recorded from the built-in microphone of a smartphone…
- Trial name
- AUSC-CHD (NCT07376785)
- Testing
- Computer algorithms
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Hearing Loss
Listen Carefully: An Exploratory Study of the Association Between Listening Effort and Cognitive Function
This study aims to investigate the association between listening effort and cognitive function for both cognitively healthy individuals and for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in mid-to-late stages of life, and…
- Trial name
- NCT04593290
- Testing
- Oticon Opn S 1 miniRITE hearing aid
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Denmark