Clinical trials: Deafness and Auditory Perception
Congenital Hearing Loss, Gene Therapy
Perceptual Evaluation and Rehabilitation System Development for Congenital Hearing Loss
This study aims to establish a novel multimodal evaluation and precision rehabilitation system for patients with congenital hearing loss who have received hearing aids, cochlear implantation, or emerging gene therapy.
- Conditions
- Congenital Hearing Loss, Gene Therapy, Speech Perception, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT07024524
- Testing
- Rehabilitation training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Hearing Loss, Screening
Adaptation of Pediatric Speech Audiometry Tests Into Other Languages
The objective of this study was to offer a comprehensive framework for the adaptation of speech audiometric tests into other languages.
- Trial name
- NCT07156825
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Semmelweis University
Language Development
Language Development in Preterm Children
This research investigates the ways in which preterm birth affects how very young children learn to speak and understand language, and how older children gain efficiency in language processing.
- Trial name
- NCT01599780
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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
Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural, Spatial Perception
Understanding Aided Speech Perception in Noise
The overarching hypothesis to be evaluated using this protocol is that age-related hearing loss (ARHL) leads to shifts in the functional spatial boundaries between segregated and integrated auditory streams, and that hearing aid…
- Conditions
- Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural, Spatial Perception, Aging, Hearing Aids
- Trial name
- NCT06377215
- Testing
- Open-source master hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Speech, Memory, Delayed
Effects of Clear Speech on Listening Effort and Memory in Sentence Processing
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…
- Conditions
- Speech, Memory, Delayed, Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06053190
- Testing
- Sentence stimulus, Speaking style
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
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
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
Quality of Life (QOL), Communication Barriers
The Mental Cost and Burden of Listening
This randomised controlled trial aims to test the effect of hearing adjustment using hearing aids, on the ease and effectiveness of communication such as listening effort, fatigue, and sentence recognition in noise, in addition…
- Conditions
- Quality of Life (QOL), Communication Barriers, Cognitive Performance, Fatigue, Mental
- Trial name
- NCT06951815
- Testing
- Hearing aids programmed to each participant's hearing loss.
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Hearing Loss
Listen Carefully: An Exploratory Study of the Association Between Listening Effort and Cognitive Function
This study aims to investigate the association between listening effort and cognitive function for both cognitively healthy individuals and for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in mid-to-late stages of life, and…
- Trial name
- NCT04593290
- Testing
- Oticon Opn S 1 miniRITE hearing aid
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Denmark
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Speech Perception Impairment Follow Complete Recovery of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
At present, few research on the auditory perception function and possible neural mechanisms of unilateral sudden hearing loss patients with complete or partial recovery of peripheral hearing.This project evaluate the speech…
- Trial name
- NCT05608161
- Testing
- speech in noise test
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University People's Hospital
Deafness
Neurophysiological Measures of Auditory Perception and Rehabilitation in Cochlear Implanted Patients
This study aims at investigating new automatic fitting techniques for cochlear implant patients based on objective measures. For this reason, the evolution of these neurophysiological measures, expressing the encoding of pure…
- Trial name
- NEUROSYLLABIC (NCT02323256)
- Testing
- Auditory steady-state response ASSR, Speech-ABR, Acoustic Change Complex ACC
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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
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
Healthy, Amusia, Congenital
Auditory Deficits in Congenital Amusia (AMUSIE CONGENITALE)
The project studies auditory deficits in congenital amusia at the behavioral and neurophysiological levels. The auditory processes investigated are pitch discrimination, short-term memory, sound-induced emotions.
- Trial name
- NCT03094624
- Testing
- Neuropsychological and neurophysiological tests, Experiment 1, Experiment 2
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Cochlear Implant Users, Cochlear Hearing Loss
Effects of Binaural Hearing on Listening Effort and Cognitive Development in Mandarin-speaking Children With Cochlear Implants
The goal of this observational study is to learn how listening effort affects brain development and daily life in school-aged children (ages 6-18) who use cochlear implants (CIs), which are electronic devices surgically placed in…
- Trial name
- NCT07509788
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiong hao
Blast Injuries, Brain Injuries
Central Auditory Processing Deficits Associated With Blast Exposure
The current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in unprecedented rates of exposure to high-intensity blasts and resulting brain injury.
- Conditions
- Blast Injuries, Brain Injuries, Age Factors
- Trial name
- NCT01567020
- Testing
- Diagnostic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
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
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
Hearing Loss, Functional
Fitness, Hearing and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Hearing Loss. Walk, Talk and Listen for Your Life
This study examines the effect of an exercise and health education/auditory rehabilitation and socialization intervention on functional fitness, hearing handicap and psychosocial distress measures in older adults with hearing…
- Trial name
- WTL (NCT02662192)
- Testing
- Exercise + health education+ auditory rehabilitation, auditory rehabilitation alone
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia