Clinical trials: Auditory Processing Disorders
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
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
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
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
Traumatic Brain Injury
Approaches to Auditory Rehabilitation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Many soldiers returning from their recent service in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) were exposed to blasts during combat.
- Trial name
- mTBI (NCT00930774)
- Testing
- FM system, Auditory training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia
Dichotic Listening as a Predictor of Medication Response in Depression
This study will recruit 100 depressed patients to test whether the previous finding of an association between treatment response (with treatment groups including placebo, imipramine, and fluoxetine) and preferences of hemispheric…
- Trial name
- NCT00404755
- Testing
- escitalopram, bupropion, imipramine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Auditory Processing Disorder
Effects of Remote Microphone Hearing Aids on Children With Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is a disorder where the functions of the ear are normal, but the person has difficulty identifying or discriminating sounds and experiences listening difficulties in noise.
- Trial name
- NCT02353091
- Testing
- Remote Microphone Hearing Aids
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
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, Partial Deafness
Implantation of the HiRes90K™ Advantage Cochlear Implant With HiFocus™ Mid-Scala and Development of a Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation Technology in Adults With Partial Deafness
The purpose of this feasibility study is to evaluate whether low-frequency acoustic hearing sensitivity can be preserved in newly implanted adults with partial deafness (considerable low frequency acoustic hearing profiles with…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Partial Deafness, Hearing Disorders, Ear Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02189798
- Testing
- HiRes 90K™ Advantage implant with HiFocus™ Mid-Scala electrode, EAS sound processor
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Speech Sound Disorder
Visual Acoustic Biofeedback for RSE Via Telepractice
This research will meet a public health need by evaluating the efficacy of speech intervention supplemented with real-time visual-acoustic biofeedback when delivered using remote technologies.
- Trial name
- NCT04858022
- Testing
- Visual-Acoustic Biofeedback Treatment, No Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
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
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
Hearing Loss
Benefits of Assistive Listening Device for Speech Intelligibility
Speech intelligibility in noise will be evaluated in adults with moderate to moderate-severe sensorineural hearing loss, using an assistive listening device and hearing aid, and compared to speech intelligibility in noise using…
- Trial name
- NCT05072470
- Testing
- Roger microphone, Phonak Audeo hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
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
Fibromyalgia
Analgesic Effect of Music Listening During Pain Elicitation in Fibromyalgia
Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) are more sensitive to things that cause pain. Music lowers self-reported pain in patients with chronic pain.
- Trial name
- FMMusic (NCT04059042)
- Testing
- Music Listening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Hearing Loss
fNIRS, Listening Effort, and Motivation
The purpose of the current study is to measure oxygenation in the PFC using fNIRS in a sample of older adults with hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT05893992
- Testing
- Hearing aids with noise management features for listening in noise, Hearing aid for listening in quiet environments
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Preterm Infant
Trial to Improve Multisensory Neural Processing, Language & Motor Outcomes in Preterm Infants
Every year, almost all of ½ million infants born prematurely in the US and 15 million worldwide suffer from abnormal brain maturation resulting from interactions between immaturity and atypical sensory experiences after birth.
- Trial name
- NCT03232931
- Testing
- Therapist skin-to-skin Care, Contingent parent's voice exposure, Parental skin-to-skin care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 248 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Tinnitus
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Tinnitus
This study examined how useful it is to teach veterans coping skills for dealing with tinnitus, also called ringing in the ears.
- Trial name
- NCT00724152
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Tinnitus Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
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
Major Depression, Dysthymia
Dichotic Listening as a Predictor of Medication Response in Depression
Depressed patients will have hearing tests and then be treated with up to three treatments (i.e., Fluoxetine, Imipramine) until remitted, to see whether test results predict specific outcomes.
- Conditions
- Major Depression, Dysthymia, Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
- Trial name
- NCT00296725
- Testing
- Fluoxetine, Imipramine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute