Clinical trials: Ear Diseases
Hearing Impaired
Brain and Cognitive Changes After Reasoning or Physical Training in Cognitively Normal Seniors
Seniors 65 years of age and older represent one of the fastest growing segments of society with the population doubling within the next 25 years with dramatic rates of mental decline, costing society billions of dollars each…
- Trial name
- NCT00977418
- Testing
- SMART- Strategic Memory and Reasoning Training, Physical Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Tinnitus
The Effect of Gabapentin on the Sensation and Impact of Tinnitus
This study evaluated the effectiveness of gabapentin in treating tinnitus in two populations: Tinnitus with associated acoustic trauma and tinnitus without associated acoustic trauma.
- Trial name
- NCT00257270
- Testing
- gabapentin
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tinnitus Research Consortium
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
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Training Language and Literacy for Children Who Use CIs
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of computer games to improve language and literacy outcomes for children who have hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT03582566
- Testing
- Phonological Awareness, Working Memory, Phonological Awareness + Working Memory
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Hearing Loss, Unilateral
Functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopic Study of Central Auditory System Cortical Functional Reorganization
This study aims to compare the auditory cortical activity in response to monaural and binaural stimuli, measured by functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) between Single-sided Deaf (SSD) Children, and Normal-Hearing (NH)…
- Trial name
- SUN (NCT04043910)
- Testing
- fNIRS, Speech intelligibility, Sound localisation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
to Improve the Effectiveness of a Amino Acid Dietary Supplement in Chronic Pharyngeal Infections vs Placebo
Amino Acid Composition Reduces Frequency of Common Cold. Results of a Controlled Completely Masked Trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a dietary supplement with high dosage of amino acids and vitamins in the treatment of acute and chronic infection of pharyngeal area known as common cold. T
- Trial name
- NCT01414335
- Testing
- amino acid composition
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kyberg Vital GmbH
Hearing Loss, Dizziness
Fall Risk Assessment and Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Using In-ear Device
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate methods to use hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to assist in the assessment of fall risk and in the implementation of interventions aimed…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Dizziness, Vertigo, Fall Related Injury Risk
- Trial name
- NCT05365646
- Testing
- Hearing aids equipped with motion sensing abilities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Tinnitus
Evaluation of Adding Lidocaine to Dexamethasone in Intra-tympanic Injection for Management of Tinnitus
Importance; Tinnitus is a heterogeneous diagnosis that may occur alone, in the presence of hearing loss or as a component of other disorders and can be quite disabling.
- Trial name
- tinnitus (NCT03265197)
- Testing
- Intra-tympanic injection of drugs, Data management of intratympanic drugs
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- saad elzayat
Infectious Disease, Neoplasms
AnovaOS Network Powered Patient Registry
The objective of this study is the development, implementation and management of a registry of patient data that captures clinically meaningful, real-world, data on the diagnosis, nature, course of infection, treatment(s) and…
- Conditions
- Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism (D50-D89), Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)
- Trial name
- NCT05013944
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anova Enterprises, Inc
Hearing Loss
Hearing and Brain Development Cohort in Children and Adolescents
This bidirectional observational cohort study aims to establish a Hearing and Brain Development (HBD) cohort in children and adolescents with hearing loss across different hearing management pathways, including hearing aid…
- Trial name
- HBD-Cohort (NCT07625462)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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.
Tinnitus, Acupuncture
Efficacy of Acupuncture on Chronic Tinnitus and Its Association With Auditory Brainstem Response Measures
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if acupuncture works to treat chronic tinnitus in adults. It will also learn about the neurophysiological effects of acupuncture on auditory conduction pathway function.
- Conditions
- Tinnitus, Acupuncture, Auditory Brainstem Response
- Trial name
- NCT07522567
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
BPPV
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) in Nursing Homes: Treatment Efficacy and Impact on Balance, Gait and Falls
BPPV is a benign condition of the balance organ, localized in the inner ear, in which calcium crystals loosen up and move freely in the endolymphatic fluid of the inner ear (more specifically in the semi-circular canals).
- Trial name
- NCT05013671
- Testing
- repositioning maneuvers, balance
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Vertigo, Diseases, Vestibular
Effect of Caffeine Intake in Vestibular Function
Objective: Assess the effect of caffeine in the following vestibular function tests: Cervical Vestibular Evoked Potential (cVEMP), Ocular Vestibular Evoked Potential(oVEMP) and Caloric Test.
- Conditions
- Vertigo, Diseases, Vestibular, Caffeine
- Trial name
- NCT02825199
- Testing
- Caffeine, Non caffeine
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Brasiliense de Otorrinolaringologia
Hearing Loss, Unilateral
Single-Sided Deafness in the Medicare Population
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of cochlear implantation in adults 65 years of age and older.
- Trial name
- NCT05250414
- Testing
- MED-EL Cochlear Implant System
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Hearing Impairment
Do Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones Improve the Quality of Care in Hearing Impaired Patients?
Participants will be recruited by performing chart reviews of patients to be seen at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Ophthalmology and Optometry Clinic. A sample size of at least 30 patients is needed (60 eyes).
- Trial name
- NCT05420038
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Hearing Loss, Bilateral Sensorineural, Pulmonary Function
Comparison of Pulmonary Functions and Respiratory Muscle Strength Between Children With Hearing Impairment and Healthy Peers
This study aims to compare pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength between children with hearing impairment and their healthy peers.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Bilateral Sensorineural, Pulmonary Function, Respiratory Muscle Strength, Children
- Trial name
- NCT07421349
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Otomycosis
Efficacy and Safety Study of Miconazole Oil Versus Vehicle on Fungal Infection of the Ear Canal (Otomycosis)
This study involves two portions, a randomized, double-blind portion and an open-label portion, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Miconazole oil 2% versus its Vehicle in the treatment of fungal infection of the outer ear…
- Trial name
- NCT04432376
- Testing
- miconazole 2% oil, vehicle oil
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 382 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc.
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Hearing Aid Signal Processing Comparative Study
Participants will be fit with each of two hearing instruments in an ABA cross-over design. The study will consist of a total of three approximately 10-day home trials with the devices.
- Trial name
- NCT04839289
- Testing
- Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument; Manufacturer A, Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument; Manufacturer B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Tinnitus
Neurobiological Similarities of Tinnitus and PTSD
Psychiatric distress caused by PTSD may increase attention toward tinnitus, as well as perceived loudness and discomfort. It is important to understand how tinnitus-related distress and PTSD negatively interact together, in order…
- Trial name
- NCT05981391
- Testing
- resting-state functional MRI, Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM-5 (CAPS-5), Tympanometry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio