Clinical trials: Deafness, Perception
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
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral
CI532 - Early Experience Study
To evaluate performance outcomes in patients implanted with the Cochlear Nucleus CI532 electrode array.
- Trial name
- NCT02755935
- Testing
- Cochlear Nucleus CI532
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Sudden Hearing Loss, Ischemia
Ischemia- Modified Albumin Levels in the Sudden Hearing Loss
To evaluate ischemia-modified albumin levels in these patients to investigate the presence of ischemia in patients presenting with sudden hearing loss.
- Trial name
- IMA (NCT03706183)
- Testing
- Ischemia-modified albumin, Hearing thresholds
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil University
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Appreciation for Music Processed by Hearing Aids
Normal-hearing participants aged 18-25 with and without musical training will listen to a series of short musical samples that have been recorded through hearing aids. The music will be played at a comfortable listening level.
- Trial name
- NCT05568329
- Testing
- Hearing Aid Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Investigation of Anatomical Correlates of Speech Discrimination
Understanding speech is essential for good communication. Individuals with hearing loss and poor speech discrimination often have little success with hearing aids because amplifying sound improves audibility, but not clarity of…
- Trial name
- NCT01781039
- Testing
- Hearing Aid fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Tinnitus
ACEMg Hearing Preservation, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Relief
ACEMg (Soundbites) is a neuroprotectant supplement designed to block the initiating biological events in the inner ear leading to inner ear hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, SNHL, which accounts for more than 90% of all…
- Conditions
- Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, SNHL, Inner Ear Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- OTISRWD (NCT06477354)
- Testing
- ACEMg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Keep Hearing, Inc.
Sentence Stimulus, Auditory Noise
Effects of Listening Effort on Sentence Processing and Memory (Study 1)
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is among the most prevalent chronic conditions in aging and has a profoundly negative effect on speech comprehension, leading to increased social isolation, reduced quality of life, and increased…
- Trial name
- NCT05584514
- Testing
- Sentence Stimulus, Auditory Noise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Deafness; Perception, Bilateral
Plasticity and Cross-modal Interactions in Profoundly Deaf Adults
The aim of this study is to evaluate cerebral asymmetry for face processing in a group of profoundly deaf participants and a group of hearing controls by the mean of fMRI measure.
- Trial name
- PLASMODY (NCT02632214)
- Testing
- fMRI measure
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
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
Hearing Loss
Hearing Aids and the Brain
Hearing aids are being fit on inexperienced hearing aid users and the short-term and long-term effects are measured. This research aims to improve understanding of the individual factors that contribute to receiving benefit from…
- Trial name
- NCT03279510
- Testing
- hearing aids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Speech Perception
Improving Perception of Speech in Noise in Children With Communication Disorders
Smarty Ears has developed a prototype of an innovative therapeutic training system to improve speech perception in noise by training children on interrupted noise (which has silent intervals that allow for fragments of the target…
- Trial name
- L2F (NCT04473729)
- Testing
- Audiovisual speech training in noise for children
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Smarty Ears
Hearing Disorders, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Subjective Evaluation of a Sound Processing Method for Hearing Aids on Auditory Distance Perception
Within the course of this study, a signal processing feature has been developed at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with Sonova AG, in order to enhance the listening experience with remote…
- Trial name
- EXTEND (NCT03512951)
- Testing
- Digital signal processing algorithms
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
CNS Infection, Inner Ear Hearing Loss
CNS Infections Effect on the Inner Ear
Study on patients with CNS infections.
- Conditions
- CNS Infection, Inner Ear Hearing Loss, Vestibular Abnormality, Inner Ear Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03715569
- Testing
- Vestibular function, OAE/WBT, Biomarker
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nordsjaellands Hospital
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Sensorineural Hearing Loss Imprint
this study will investigate the consequences of sensorineural hearing loss on manual dexterity and coordination skills in Children.
- Trial name
- NCT07023250
- Testing
- manual dexterity and coordination skills
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Hearing Loss
Sensory Processing Patterns in Hearing Loss
This study aimed to evaluate the sensory processing abilities of adults with acquired hearing loss and to explore the differences in sensory processing between adults with hearing loss and adults with normal hearing.
- Trial name
- NCT05025280
- Testing
- Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile Questionnaire
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Quantifying the Benefits and Cost-effectiveness of Real-Ear Measurements (REM) for Hearing Aid Fitting
Adjusting hearing aid user's real ear performance by using probe-microphone technology (real ear measurement, REM) has been a well-known procedure that verifies whether the output of the hearing aid at the eardrum matches the…
- Trial name
- BREM (NCT05621798)
- Testing
- Hearing Aid Manufacturer's Software, REM (Real Ear Measurements)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kuopio University Hospital
High Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Impairment, Hearing Disorders in Children
Outcomes in Children With Pre-operative Residual Hearing
Purpose: Routine clinical care and pilot study data has shown evidence of postoperative hearing preservation in pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients.
- Trial name
- NCT03379870
- Testing
- Electric Acoustic Speech Processor: Electric-acoustic stimulation fitting, Electric Acoustic Speech Processor: Full-electric stimulation fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
SSNHL(Sudden Sensory Neural Hearing Loss)
The Effect of Oxygen Administration on Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation (rSO2) in the Non-block Side After Stellate Ganglion Block
Stellate ganglion block (SGB) is known to increase blood flow to the innervation area of the stellate ganglion. Near infrared spectroscopy reflects changes of blood volume and allows continuous, non-invasive, and bedside…
- Trial name
- NCT01532713
- Testing
- oxygen administration
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Presbycusis
Improving Speech in Noise Perception for Individuals With Age-related Hearing Loss
Hearing loss, especially for speech perception in the presence of noise, may lead older individuals to withdraw from social situations.
- Trial name
- NCT07192757
- Testing
- transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida