Clinical trials: Cochlear Implant, open to volunteers
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss
Quantification of Visually Evoked Cortical Potentials in Individuals With Hearing Loss
This research is being done to determine whether a test that measures a "Visual Evoked Potential" can be used in a new way for individuals that have hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT05107466
- Testing
- P300 Visually evoked potential
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Cochlear Implanted Listening Effort and Hearing Attention
Cochlear implant users perceive mainly sound amplitude modulation cues. Processing of these amplitude modulations can be subject to interferences, so that the perception of a modulation in a target sound can be impaired by a…
- Trial name
- EffICAtt (NCT04733950)
- Testing
- Forced choice psychoacoustic task for the evaluation of modulation detection performance and selective auditory attention. (for both arm), Measurement of the pupil diameter for the evaluation of listening effort during speech perception
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Cochlear Hearing Loss
MeasurIng and Restoring Auditory Awareness for Cochlear Implant Listeners in noisE
The goal of this interventional study is to describe how people with cochlear implants perceive the perceive speech in noise and their sound environment on adults who are native French speakers with typical hearing or with…
- Trial name
- MIRACLE (NCT06420921)
- Testing
- Speech in noise comprehension test, Objective tests of perception of ambient sound cues in noise, Subjective tests of perception of ambient sound cues in noise
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Performance Prediction
Cochlear-Implant-Performance-Prediction
Despite improved technology, many cochlear implant (CI) recipients still struggle to understand speech in noise (SIN). Because the bottom-up acoustic signal generated by the implant is distorted relative to normal-hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT07564388
- Testing
- cochlear implant user performance prediction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implant
Binaural Cue Sensitivity in Children and Adults With Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation
There is a rapidly growing population of adult and pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients with acoustic hearing preservation in the implanted ear(s) allowing for combined Electric and binaural Acoustic Stimulation (EAS).
- Conditions
- Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Preservation, Electric and Acoustic Simulation
- Trial name
- NCT07356128
- Testing
- binaural processing over time, binaural processing over time for children and adults with normal hearing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hearts for Hearing
Bilateral Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Spatial Cues, Task Demands, and Auditory Selective Attention
Understanding speech in restaurants and other noisy environments is the most common complaint from the more than 60 million Americans with hearing impairment.
- Conditions
- Bilateral Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT07765186
- Testing
- Existing bilateral cochlear implants, Normal Hearing Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Deafness
Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Implant Electrode-neuron Interfaces
Despite the success of cochlear implants, devices surgically placed in the inner ears of patients with severe hearing loss, there remains substantial variability in the overall speech perception outcomes for the children and…
- Trial name
- NCT05867173
- Testing
- Experimental Speech Processing Strategy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Deafness, Bilateral
Study of the Role of Top-down Processes in Neuronal Reorganization and Recovery From Sensory Loss: an Exploratory Behavioral and Electroencephalographic Study in Cochlear-supported Deaf Patients
This study posits that central top-down processes (attention, inhibition), marked by alpha oscillations in EEG, play a key role.
- Trial name
- REASCENT (NCT07500909)
- Testing
- neurophysiological assessment, Cognitive, behavioral and quality of life assessment
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Hearing Loss, Deafness
Auditory-Cognitive Training to Optimize Outcomes for Older CI Users
The proposed study will investigate whether an auditory brain training program can improve cochlear implant (CI) outcomes in older post-lingually deafened CI users.
- Trial name
- ARCog (NCT05176561)
- Testing
- Auditory-Cognitive Training, Non-auditory Cognitive Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gallaudet University
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
Auditory Perception; Abnormal, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Listening Effort in Cochlear Implant Users
People with hearing loss experience extra effort when listening, which can lead to severe psychological barriers to communication and social participation.
- Conditions
- Auditory Perception; Abnormal, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06516575
- Testing
- sentence manipulations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Tinnitus
Effects of CI on Tinnitus and Its Symptoms
Abnormal activity in the central auditory system is the cause of subjective experience of tinnitus. Electrical stimulation can inhibit the abnormal activity of auditory related neurons in patients with tinnitus.
- Trial name
- NCT05453019
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
Cochlear Implants
Pitch Perception and Memory: Deficits and Training
Pitch perception and memory are central in auditory cognition, in particular for sound source segregation and recognition, speech prosody and music processing.
- Trial name
- Pitch_Train (NCT03707691)
- Testing
- Listening tests. Pitch training protocol, visuo-spatial training protocol, EEG/MEG/MRI recordings.
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 960 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants
Encoding Temporal Fine Structure for Cochlear Implants
The goal of this study is to improve music and speech perception for cochlear implant users. Presently, most cochlear implants discard the temporal fine structure of sound, which is information that is widely believed to…
- Trial name
- TFS4CIs (NCT04708717)
- Testing
- Stimulation Rate, Electrode Location
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Cochlear Implant, Music
Analysis of Musical and Voice Skills in Children and Adult Cochlear Implant Users
Aims: To evaluate the perception and enjoyment of music in cochlear implant (CI) users using specific questionnaires, and comparing their results with a control group of subjects with normal hearing (NH).
- Conditions
- Cochlear Implant, Music, Voice
- Trial name
- NCT05319678
- Testing
- evaluation with Meludia music software
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario la Paz
Cochlear Implantation
Spatial Hearing Rehabilitation in Noise for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children
In recent decades, there was a great expansion for bilateral cochlear implantation (bCI) in children, leading to an improvement of their quality of life.
- Trial name
- KidTrain (NCT06040892)
- Testing
- SPHERE protocol : Spatial hearing performances test, FRASIMAT Test : audiology test of speech in noise perception, Kid SSQ questionnaire of life : The Speech, Spatial and Other Qualities of Hearing Scale
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Congenital Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Alpha-Tectorin, Interleukin-10 and Thiol-Disulfide Homeostasis in Children With Congenital Hearing Loss
Congenital hearing loss is one of the most common sensory disorders of childhood, and the structural, immunologic and oxidative mechanisms involved in its development are incompletely understood.
- Trial name
- NCT07860580
- Testing
- Blood sample collection
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harran University
Deafness
Novel Coding Strategies for Children With Cochlear Implants
The purpose of this study is to understand performance with a cochlear implant. The long-term goals of this research are to improve sound perception with cochlear implants and to better understand the functioning of the auditory…
- Trial name
- NCT05203302
- Testing
- Single-Electrode Pulse Train, Modulation Detection Threshold (MDT) and Gap Detection Tasks, Sound coding strategy.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Cochlear Implants, Spatial Orientation
CI Spatial Orientation Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if cochlear implant activation affects spatial orientation in cochlear implant users.
- Trial name
- CISPACE (NCT07510659)
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Single Sided Deafness, Unilateral Deafness
Cochlear Implants in Young Children With SSD
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of cochlear implantation in infants and toddlers with single-sided deafness.
- Conditions
- Single Sided Deafness, Unilateral Deafness, Hearing Loss, Unilateral, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- Little SSD (NCT05775367)
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill