Clinical trials: Ear Diseases
Hearing Loss, Chronic Pain
Facemasks and Chronic Pain Patients With Hearing Loss
Facemasks may impede communication. Impaired communication may worsen healthcare outcomes. This study explores the problem of hearing impairment in chronic pain patients, and the impact of facemasks on healthcare outcomes in…
- Trial name
- NCT06072235
- Testing
- Verbal communication
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic
Hearing Impaired Children
Effects of Pilates and Balance Proprioception Exercises on Hearing Impairment
Static balance is the ability to hold the body in a specific position and posture, while dynamic balance is the ability to maintain balance while moving.
- Trial name
- NCT06198049
- Testing
- Pilates Training, Balance Proprioception Exercises
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Tinnitus
Treatment of Tinnitus Using a Web-based Sound and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Most tinnitus sufferers experiences significant anxiety or depression that worsens the subjective symptoms related to tinnitus. In this study, we intend to use internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in addition to…
- Trial name
- NCT02438891
- Testing
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
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
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
Risk Factors for Hearing Loss as a Result of Exposure to Noise During Military Training in the IDF
As part of the proposed work, the investigators would like to examine whether there is a need to use a training video to train IDF combat soldiers to improve the use of ear plugs and to prevent hearing loss from exposure to…
- Trial name
- NCT03314116
- Testing
- Guidance on auditory protection
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
Noise Exposure and Near-Infrared Light
The primary objective of this work is to determine the effect noise has on the auditory system (both auditory health and performance) and also the degree to which the effect of pre-noise therapy such as Near Infrared (NIR) light…
- Trial name
- NCT03834714
- Testing
- Near Infrared Light, Noise Stimulus
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Unilateral Deafness
Evaluation of BiCROS Fitting Benefits
22 candidates for BiCROS hearing aids will be recruited and fitted with a hearing aid and a CROS device. Following a real-world trial, each participant will be tested on a range of outcome measures including speech recognition in…
- Trial name
- NCT05379231
- Testing
- Hearing aid fitting
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Migraine Disorders, Migraine Variant
Vestibular System in Migrainous Vertigo Patients
Do migrainous vertigo patients have more pathology in their vestibular system than migraine patients without vertigo? The aim of this study is to compare the vestibular system of migraine patients with and without vertigo in the…
- Conditions
- Migraine Disorders, Migraine Variant, Episodic Recurrent Vertigo
- Trial name
- NCT00901953
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Hearing Loss, Late-Onset Hearing Loss
Genetic Testing in Detection of Late-Onset Hearing Loss
Two major limitations of existing audiometric newborn hearing screening programs are their inability to detect forms of deafness that are not expressed at birth and the low compliance with obtaining recommended audiologic…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Late-Onset Hearing Loss, Deafness
- Trial name
- SoundGene (NCT00511381)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,681 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pediatrix
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Recurrent and Persistant Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
The goal of this observational study is to compare the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in recurrent/persistant BPPV and nonrecurrent BPPV.
- Trial name
- NCT05922774
- Testing
- Cervical VEMP testing
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haseki Training and Research Hospital
Hearing Loss
SSNHL in Head & Neck Cancer Patients
A sound dosimeter will be used to measure noise level to which a population of head and neck patients on the otolaryngology ward are exposed to. The device is the EXTECH 407764 type II sound level meter (IEC 651 RS232).
- Trial name
- NCT04609982
- Testing
- ear plugs
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Hearing Loss
Restoration of Spectral Resolution With Hearing-aid Amplification
The objective of this study protocol is to determine the efficacy of using aided measures of spectral resolution to set the dynamic range of hearing with hearing-aid amplification.
- Trial name
- NCT03850678
- Testing
- Hearing Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
Hearing Loss
School Screening and Telemedicine Specialty Referral to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Kentucky
This trial will evaluate a multilevel intervention (STAR model) that combines mobile health (mHealth) hearing screening tools with telemedicine technology for specialty care access in rural Kentucky schools.
- Trial name
- NCT05513833
- Testing
- Standard School Screening and Referral, Enhanced mHealth Screening, Specialty Telemedicine Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
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
Vestibular Disorder, Bilateral Vestibulopathy
Electrical Stimulation of the Peripheral Vestibular System in Order to Develop a Vestibular Implant
This study has three main goals (1) to explore the effects of electrical stimulations of the peripheral vestibular system(2) to assess the potential of this technique to rehabilitate basic vestibular functions in patients with…
- Conditions
- Vestibular Disorder, Bilateral Vestibulopathy, Bilateral Vestibular Loss
- Trial name
- NCT05246553
- Testing
- Electrical stimulation of the vestibular system, Electrical stimulation of the auditory system, Bilateral vestibulopathy Patients (BV)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nils Guinand
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
Hearing Loss
Aging, Cognition, and Hearing Evaluation in Elders Study
The investigators will conduct a small pilot study that will randomize ~ 40 70-84 year-old adults with hearing loss to best-practices hearing rehabilitative treatment (hearing assessment, counseling, fitting of amplification…
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE-P (NCT02412254)
- Testing
- Best practices hearing rehabilitative treatment, Successful aging intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Surgical Procedures, Noise
Impact of Anesthesia Alarm Volume on Mental Workload in Surgical Trainees
Noise in hospital environments, particularly in operating rooms, poses challenges to both patient comfort and healthcare professionals' performance.
- Conditions
- Surgical Procedures, Noise, Hearing Disorder, Mental Workload
- Trial name
- ASLEC02 (NCT07089485)
- Testing
- effects of sound
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
Vestibular Disorder
Vestibular Function and Motor Development in Small Children
Infants and toddlers with and without vestibular impairment will be tested blinded by pediatric physiotherapist with different age adequate motor scales in order to find out pathological motor patterns specifically associated to…
- Trial name
- NCT07079488
- Testing
- Motor proficiency scales
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Region Stockholm
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), NF2-related Schwannomatosis
How Can the Experience of Hospital Outpatient Departments be Improved?
This project aims to improve outpatient departments by working with patients and staff to make these spaces more inclusive for people with sensory challenges (it focuses on people with nerve tumour conditions as they are more…
- Trial name
- NCT07818213
- Testing
- Qualitative data collection activities
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London