Clinical trials: Children Deafness
Hearing Loss
Speech Recognition Training in Children With Hearing Loss
clEAR's auditory brain training has been shown to be effective in improving childrens' abilities to recognize the speech of generic talkers in a laboratory setting.
- Trial name
- ChAT (NCT04041440)
- Testing
- clEAR auditory training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Vestibular Disorder, Hearing Impaired Children
Vestibular Infants Screening-Flanders
Hearing-impaired children are at risk for a vestibular impairment, as the auditory and vestibular end organs are closely related.
- Trial name
- VIS-Flanders (NCT05061069)
- Testing
- cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP)
- Where
- 19 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 301 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired Children
Audiobooks for Hearing Loss App as Auditory Training
The goal of the proposed project is to create an Audiobooks for Hearing Loss (HL) App - an audiobook App that has a wide array of user-selectable features designed to provide auditory training.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired Children, Hearing Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT04231396
- Testing
- Audiobooks for hearing loss App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BioSpeech
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Safety of Autologous Stem Cell Infusion for Children With Acquired Hearing Loss
To determine if autologous human umbilical cord blood infusion in children with acquired hearing loss is safe, feasible, improves inner ear function, audition and language development.
- Trial name
- NCT02038972
- Testing
- Autologous Stem Cells
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- James Baumgartner, MD
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Optimizing Soft Speech Recognition in Children With Hearing Loss
Overhearing is important for vocabulary learning and speech and language development in young children. However, contemporary hearing aids are generally unable to provide adequate access to low-level auditory inputs from multiple…
- Trial name
- SoftSpeech (NCT05299892)
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo P or Naida P hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Impaired Children
EarGenie: Assessment of a Minimum Viable Product
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate safety and preliminary efficacy of a novel device (EarGenie MVP) to assess hearing function in infants, using a small number of infants with normal hearing.
- Trial name
- NCT05962814
- Testing
- EarGenie MVP test
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Bionics Institute of Australia
Hearing Loss
MyPhonak App Junior Pediatric Usability and Benefit Investigation
Participants age 8-17 with bilateral hearing loss will be fit with Phonak BTE (Behind-The-Ear) hearing aids and given access to the myPhonak Junior hearing app.
- Trial name
- NCT05055453
- Testing
- MyPhonak Junior App, Phonak Sky hearing aid
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Implants, Cochlear, Child
Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center Hybrid L24 and Standard Cochlear Implants in Profoundly Deaf Infants
The purpose of this feasibility study is to evaluate whether implantation of one Nucleus L24 electrode array and one FDA approved standard-length device in the contralateral ear can provide useful binaural hearing in pediatric…
- Conditions
- Implants, Cochlear, Child, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
- Trial name
- NCT03156465
- Testing
- Hybrid L24
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Hearing Loss
Littlears Auditory Questionnaire: Validation Study in CI Children
The LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is designed to assess the development of the auditory behavior in children during the first two (hearing) years.
- Trial name
- LittlEars (NCT00785707)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases
North Carolina Genomic Evaluation by Next-generation Exome Sequencing, 2
The "North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation by Next-gen Exome Sequencing, 2 (NCGENES 2)" study is part of a larger consortium project investigating the clinical utility, or net benefit of an intervention on patient and family…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases, Brain Malformation, Intellectual Disability
- Trial name
- NCGENES2 (NCT03548779)
- Testing
- Pre-visit prep, usual care + exome seq
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 548 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Deafness
Word Learning in Deaf Children Using Eye-tracking and Behavioral Measures
Mutual exclusivity is a word learning constraint in which the learner assumes that a given word refers to only one category of objects.
- Trial name
- NCT05993832
- Testing
- input cue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Iowa/Nucleus 10/10 mm and Nucleus Freedom Feasibility Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Iowa/Nucleus 10/10 mm in one ear, in conjunction with a Nucleus Freedom implant in the other ear can provide useful binaural hearing in pediatric subjects who have bilateral…
- Trial name
- NCT00594061
- Testing
- Iowa/Nucleus 10/10 mm and Freedom Cochlear Implantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruce J Gantz
Burn, Child
Virtual Reality Distraction for Procedural Pain Management and Anxiety in Children With Burn Injuries : A Pilot Study
Procedural pain is the most intense and often undertreated pain associated with burn injuries. The use of analgesics does not always provide optimal relief and is accompanied by several side effects.
- Conditions
- Burn, Child, Pain, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT02794103
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Distraction
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Cytomegalovirus Infection
Valganciclovir Therapy in Infants and Children With Congenital CMV Infection and Hearing Loss
This is an international, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation valganciclovir treatment for up to 54 children (up to 4 years of age) with virologically-confirmed congenital CMV infection and hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01649869
- Testing
- Valganciclovir
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Bilateral Hearing Loss
Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Working Memory Training in Children With Cochlear Implants
This study is an investigation of the effect of a computer-based working memory training program on memory and language processing in at-risk children (e.g., those with working memory weaknesses) who have received cochlear…
- Trial name
- NCT00763243
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Hearing Loss, Conductive
Remote Microphone (RM) - A Comparative Study
The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate objective outcomes in pediatric bone conduction hearing device (often termed "BAHA") users with and without remote microphone (RM) technology.
- Trial name
- NCT04147611
- Testing
- BAHA, Wireless Audio Streaming Accessory, Digital Adaptive RM System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Developmental Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, Acquired Cochlear Nerve Deficiency
Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Young Children
To purpose of this feasibility study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the Nucleus 24 Multichannel Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI, Cochlear Corp, Sydney, AUS) in children without the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis…
- Conditions
- Developmental Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, Acquired Cochlear Nerve Deficiency, Cochlear Aplasia, Post-meningitis Cochlear Ossification
- Trial name
- NCT01904448
- Testing
- Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Children
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hearing Loss
Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Children With the MED-EL Cochlear Implant
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and document longitudinal efficacy in young children implanted bilaterally with MED-EL COMBI 40+ / PULSARCI100/SONATATI100 cochlear implant systems.
- Trial name
- NCT00784043
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Unilateral Hearing Loss
Use of Amplification in Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss
Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) in children has been demonstrated to have a negative impact on quality of life, school performance and behavior. Despite this knowledge, it remains unclear how to best manage this common problem.
- Trial name
- UHL (NCT02269124)
- Testing
- Hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Hearing Loss, High-Frequency
Hybrid Cochlear Implants in Severe to Profound Adults, Children, and Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to determine if adults and children with residual low-pitch hearing in the severe hearing loss range can develop improved speech perception by combining their residual acoustic hearing with electrical…
- Trial name
- NCT01975571
- Testing
- Cochlear® Nucleus™ Hybrid L24, Cochlear® Nucleus™ Hybrid S12
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruce J Gantz