Clinical trials: Deaf, open to volunteers
Retinal Disease, Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Stem Cell Ophthalmology Treatment Study II
This study will evaluate the use of autologous bone marrow derived stem cells (BMSC) for the treatment of retinal and optic nerve damage or disease.
- Conditions
- Retinal Disease, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Stargardt Disease
- Trial name
- SCOTS2 (NCT03011541)
- Testing
- Arm 1
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Austria and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- MD Stem Cells
Vision and Hearing Loss, Vision Impairment
SENSE-Brain Health Pro for Older Adults With Sensory Loss
The goal of this study is to learn about the outcomes, usability, and accessibility of the online Brain Health Pro program for older adults with hearing difficulties, vision difficulties, or both.
- Conditions
- Vision and Hearing Loss, Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment, Vision Difficulty
- Trial name
- SENSE-BHPro (NCT07856888)
- Testing
- Brain Health Pro
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
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
Prader-Willi Syndrome, PWS-like Syndrome
GROWing Up With Rare GENEtic Syndromes
Introduction Rare complex syndromes Patients with complex genetic syndromes, by definition, have combined medical problems affecting multiple organ systems, and intellectual disability is often part of the syndrome.
- Conditions
- Prader-Willi Syndrome, PWS-like Syndrome, Silver Russel Syndrome, Congenital Hypopituitarism
- Trial name
- GROW UR GENES (NCT04463316)
- Testing
- Retrospective file studies
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- dr. Laura C. G. de Graaff-Herder
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety
Deaf CBT-TS to Reduce Suicide Risk
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a short, Zoom-based intervention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment-Seeking for Deaf Individuals (Deaf CBT-TS) can change beliefs about mental health treatment and increase…
- Conditions
- Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety, PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Insomnia
- Trial name
- NCT07279363
- Testing
- Deaf CBT-TS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implantation
Perceptual Adaptation Following Cochlear Implantation (Aim 3a)
The goal of this study is to study the adaptation process in newly implanted Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant (SSD-CI) users. Subjects will use four frequency maps for the first month after CI activation.
- Conditions
- Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implantation, Perceptual Adaptation
- Trial name
- NCT07039435
- Testing
- Alternative Frequency Mapping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Usher Syndrome, Type 1B
Study of Subretinally Injected AAVB-081 in Patients With Usher Syndrome Type IB (USH1B) Retinitis Pigmentosa
The purpose of the 081-101 study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a single subretinal injection of AAVB-081 in USH1B patients with retinitis pigmentosa due to a mutation in the MYO7A gene.
- Trial name
- NCT06591793
- Testing
- AAVB-081
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- AAVantgarde Bio Srl
PTSD, Alcohol; Use, Problem
Evaluating Signs of Safety: A Deaf-Accessible Therapy Toolkit for AUD and Trauma
The U.S. Deaf community - a group of more than one million Americans who communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) - experiences nearly triple the rate of lifetime problem drinking and twice the rate of trauma exposure…
- Trial name
- NCT06278922
- Testing
- Seeking Safety + Signs of Safety toolkit, Treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Deafness
Restauration of the Auditory and Cognitive Functions in Cochlear Implanted Deaf Children in fNIRS
The principal aim of this study is to evaluate the cortical developement of perceptual skills and executive functions over time, in children with cochlear implants aged 10-24 months and 3-7 years compared with normally hearing…
- Trial name
- HearCog (NCT04495660)
- Testing
- Near InfraRed Spectroscopy (fNIRS), Passive perceptual stimulation, Task A not B
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss
BEARS Training Package to Maximise Hearing Abilities in Older Children and Teenagers With Bilateral Cochlear Implants
The goal of the BEARS clinical trial is to determine whether using the directional listening training delivered via the BEARS training package for 3-months alongside usual care compared to only receiving usual care improves…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Deafness, Hearing Impaired Children and Adolescents
- Trial name
- BEARS (NCT05808543)
- Testing
- Both EARS training package (BEARS), Usual Care
- Where
- 13 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 272 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Monogenic Diabetes
Monogenic Diabetes Misdiagnosed as Type 1
The study has two aims: 1. To (1a) determine the frequency of monogenic diabetes misdiagnosed as type 1 diabetes (T1D) and (2) to define an algorithm for case selection. 2.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Monogenic Diabetes, Neonatal Diabetes, Maturity-onset Diabetes in the Young (MODY)
- Trial name
- ADDAM (NCT03988764)
- Testing
- None AHT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Congenital Hearing Loss, Bilateral Cochlear Implants
Investigating the Neural Oscillatory Features for Limited Access to Oral Language in Deaf Children With Early Bilateral Cochlear Implantation
Children with severe-to-profound congenital hearing loss often experience significant language development challenges. While cochlear implants (CIs) can restore auditory input, outcomes vary widely, even among those who receive…
- Trial name
- ICO (NCT07739433)
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Cochlear Implant, Sensorineural Hearing Loss
The Effect of Anatomy-based Fitting on the Perception of Speech in Noise and Music in Single-sided Deaf Cochlear Implant Users
The present study evaluates the effect of anatomy-based fitting on speech perception in noise and music perception in newly implanted single-sided deaf (SSD) CI recipients.
- Conditions
- Cochlear Implant, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Single Sided Deafness
- Trial name
- NCT07703800
- Testing
- Anatomy-based fitting, Default fitting
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
Hearing Impaired Children
Artificial Grammar Learning in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Stimulus Length Effect
The goal of this basic experimental study involving humans (BESH) clinical trial is to examine how stimulus length affects grammar learning in children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and who primarily use spoken language.
- Trial name
- NCT07782567
- Testing
- Short linguistic content, Long linguistic content
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Vestibular Dysfunction, Hearing Loss
Impact of Vestibular Function on Deaf Infants' Activities of Daily Living
This non-interventional study aims to assess the impact of vestibular impairments on the daily life activities of deaf children aged 0 to 2 years old.
- Conditions
- Vestibular Dysfunction, Hearing Loss, Motor Development
- Trial name
- IVANS (NCT06909266)
- Testing
- OT Hope 0 - 5 ans Therapeutic tool, Qualitative interviews with parents
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease
Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease Registry
The My Retina Tracker® Registry is sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is for people affected by one of the rare inherited retinal degenerative diseases studied by the Foundation.
- Conditions
- Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease, Achromatopsia, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Trial name
- MRTR (NCT02435940)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Long-Term Outcomes of Early Communication Intervention for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Toddlers
The overall goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a parent-mediated intervention (PMI) designed to support communication outcomes for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children.
- Trial name
- NCT07205484
- Testing
- Parent-Mediated Intervention (PMI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Usher Syndromes
Natural History Study of Usher Syndrome ( Light4Deaf )
Clinical centres in the LIGHT4DEAF consortium have developed and will continue to improve a reliable, early molecular diagnosis and protocols for full clinical characterisation of Usher syndrome, which will be valuable for the…
- Trial name
- Light4Deaf (NCT04665726)
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts
Hearing Disorders and Deafness
ListenFuture-Listening for Their Future: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents
ListenFuture, a nation-wide multidisciplinary project, brings new knowledge on complex associations between listening, cognition, language, literacy, and psychosocial wellbeing in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents.
- Trial name
- ListenFuture (NCT07416292)
- Where
- 7 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heikki Löppönen
Primary Photoreceptor Disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
A Study to Investigate the Safety of OpCT-001 in Adults Who Have Primary Photoreceptor Disease (CLARICO)
Study OpCT-001-101 is a Phase 1/2a first-in-human, multisite, 2-part interventional study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and the effect on clinical outcomes of OpCT-001 in approximately 54 adults with primary photoreceptor…
- Conditions
- Primary Photoreceptor Disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), Usher Syndrome, Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD)
- Trial name
- CLARICO (NCT06789445)
- Testing
- OpCT-001
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- BlueRock Therapeutics