Clinical trials: Auditory Perception
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
PC-Based Rehabilitation of Auditory Function
Many older subjects experience difficulty in understanding speech in noisy environments. Part of this problem is related to changes that occur in the ear with age and compromise the hearing of high-pitched sounds.
- Trial name
- CINT (NCT00724347)
- Testing
- Consonant Identification Training
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Auditory Training and Auditory Efferent System
Role of the Auditory Efferent System in Auditory Perceptual Learning
The purpose of this study is to determine how changes in speech perception resulting from a computerized auditory training program are related to concurrent changes in auditory brainstem function resulting from the training.
- Trial name
- NCT02574247
- Testing
- Computerized auditory training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Loma Linda Health Care System
Hearing Loss, Ear Diseases
Benefits of the HiResolution Bionic Ear System in Adults With Asymmetric Hearing Loss
The purpose of this feasibility study is to evaluate the benefit of unilateral implantation in adults who have severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss in one ear, and up to moderate sensorineural hearing loss in the other…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Ear Diseases, Hearing Disorders, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02811549
- Testing
- HiResolution Bionic Cochlear Implant
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Schizophrenia
Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Resting State Brain Activity in Schizophrenia
This study compares the efficacy of low and high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a means of treating subjects with schizophrenia. Magnetic pulses delivered over the scalp cause brain activity.
- Trial name
- NCT01620086
- Testing
- Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 1 Hz, Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 10 Hz, Active control site Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation at 1Hz
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Aids and Listening Effort
The aim of this proposed project is to understand whether direct to consumer (DTC) hearing aids programmed to individual hearing losses, can reduce listening effort for effective communication.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
- Trial name
- NCT05855005
- Testing
- DTC Hearing Aids
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Healthy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Effect of Music Listening on Brain Activity Under Anesthesia
This study is to better understand the systems-level neuronal mechanisms by which general anesthetics produce loss of consciousness.The researchers believe that anesthetics suppress consciousness by disrupting the functioning of…
- Trial name
- NCT04464265
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Benefit of Assistive Listening Device for Lateralization
Speech intelligibility in noise will be evaluated in adults with moderate to moderate-severe sensorineural hearing loss using a Phonak Roger microphone and hearing aid with compatible Phonak Roger receiver.
- Trial name
- NCT05072457
- Testing
- Roger On microphone, Roger Select microphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Speech Sound Disorder
Auditory-Perceptual Training Via Telepractice
The objective of this study is to measure the effects of online perceptual training on perception and production in children with RSE who exhibit atypical perception relative to norms from our lab-based pilot data.
- Trial name
- NCT04858035
- Testing
- Perceptual training, Production training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Substance Abuse
Family Listening Program: Multi-Tribal Implementation and Evaluation
This is a five-year R01 effectiveness trial where tribal partners are committed to assessing the Family Listening/Circle Program's effectiveness and disseminating the approach and intervention within Indian Country as a best…
- Trial name
- NCT03142009
- Testing
- Intergenerational culturally adapted curriculum
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Auditory Perception
Comparison of PSAPs in Different Maskers
This study will measure the performance of three personal amplification devices when used by middle-aged adults. Speech understanding will be assessed with two different types of background noises at three different input levels.
- Trial name
- NCT03704142
- Testing
- Sound World Solutions CS50+, Tweak Focus, IQ Earbuds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Nurse Delivered Counseling, Emotional Distress
Listening Visits for Emotionally Distressed Mothers of Hospitalized Newborns
The proposed research has potential to dramatically improve care for emotionally distressed mothers of newborns hospitalized on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- Trial name
- NCT03704948
- Testing
- RCT Treatment -Listening Visits delivered by NICU nurse in person, RCT Control Usual mental health care delivered by NICU social workers, Open trial: Listening Visits delivered by a NICU nurse via zoom
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory Processing in Spanish-English Bilinguals: Is Performance Better When Tested in Spanish or English?
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how bilingual individuals process sound in challenging listening environments and how testing language may impact results on auditory processing assessments.
- Trial name
- NCT05452486
- Testing
- English APD assessment, Spanish APD assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Hearing Loss
Multi-center Study to Examine Changes to the Environment Surrounding the Electrodes in the Cochlea and to Capture the Most Challenging Listening Environments Experienced by Persons With a Cochlear Implant
This early feasibility study aims to collect pilot data on impedance measurements in real-world environments and to collect real-world and difficult listening situations and the factors impacting this, reflecting situations the…
- Trial name
- DICE (NCT06173687)
- Testing
- The impedance measurement task using the Mobile Research App (MRA)
- Where
- 4 sites in Australia, Belgium and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Hearing Loss
Supplementing Hearing Aids With Computerized Auditory Training
The study is designed to examine the effectiveness of a computer-based auditory training program to improve the benefits received by individuals who wear hearing aids.
- Trial name
- LACE (NCT00727337)
- Testing
- LACE-computer, CONTROL, Lace-DVD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 279 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Remote Microphone Candidacy Study
Despite improvements in digital hearing aid technology, many hearing aid users continue to report difficulty understanding speech in challenging listening environments.
- Trial name
- NCT03897634
- Testing
- Remote Microphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
Central Auditory Processing Disorders Associated With Blast Exposure
The incidence of central auditory dysfunction in war fighters who are exposed to high-explosive blasts while serving in combat have not been clearly determined.
- Conditions
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT00554801
- Testing
- Audiological testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pregnancy Related
Bringing Education Through Technology, Empathic Listening, and Research
The purpose of this study is to test a new educational technology-based program and brochure as a supplement to prenatal education from providers.
- Trial name
- BETTER (NCT05214118)
- Testing
- technology-based program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Hearing Study: Sensitivity to Features of Speech Sounds
The purpose of this study is to better understand the sensitivity of listeners to the fast changes in frequency or amplitude of sounds that occur in speech.
- Trial name
- NCT03666676
- Testing
- Signal processing to improve intelligibility
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester