Clinical trials: Hearing
Congenital Hearing Loss
Promoting Early Diagnosis of Congenital Hearing Loss With Patient Navigators
Hearing loss is the most common sensory congenital disorder and this condition is diagnosable and treatable. Children that are born with hearing loss have to undergo several hearing tests to diagnose the condition and many…
- Trial name
- NCT01917747
- Testing
- Patient Navigator, Standard scheduling and follow-up
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Matthew Bush, MD
Hearing Impairment
The EarLens System Long Term Safety and Efficacy Definitive Multi-Center Study
The EarLens System is an assistive hearing device that is intended to provide amplification for the treatment of patients with sensorineural hearing impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT02042404
- Testing
- Sound amplification provided via EarLens System.
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- EarLens Corporation
Hearing Loss
Safety and Efficacy of the Cochlear Nucleus CI422 Cochlear Implant in Adults
Clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Cochlear™ Nucleus® CI422 cochlear implant for new cochlear implant adult recipients with broader requirements to be considered an eligible candidate.
- Trial name
- NCT01867008
- Testing
- Nucleus CI422 Cochlear Implant with N6 Sound Processor
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Fundamental Asynchronous Stimulus Timing Sound Coding Study
The Fundamental Asynchronous Stimulus Timing (FAST) is a novel cochlear implant sound coding strategy. Potential benefits include improved battery life, in addition to improved localization for bilateral patients.
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT02698787)
- Testing
- Experimental sound coding strategy (FAST), Commercially available ACE sound coding strategy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Tinnitus
Use of Modafinil in the Treatment of Tinnitus
A study on the effects of the FDA approved drug Modafinil upon attention problems associated with tinnitus. This is considered to be a safe drug with few side effects.
- Trial name
- NCT00591019
- Testing
- Modafinil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Tympanic Membrane Perforation
Efficacy of Platelet Enriched Plasma in Preventing Surgery for Patients With Chronic Tympanic Membrane Perforation
By doing this study, researchers hope to find out if platelet rich plasma (PRP) can heal holes in the eardrum as an alternative to surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT03837665
- Testing
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Hearing Loss
Comparing the Performance of a Categorical Loudness Scaling Based Fitting With a Behavioural Fitting in Adults With a Nucleus Cochlear Implant 3 Months Post-activation
This study aims to collect data in newly implanted cochlear implant-recipients to inform future development of fitting methods to optimally and efficiently program a cochlear implant.
- Trial name
- CALOS4 (NCT05709223)
- Testing
- Categorical loudness scaling based fitting using the research fitting system., Behavioural fitting using Custom Sound Suite (CSS 6.3) Software
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Benefits of Bimodal Streaming With MED-EL Cochlear Implants and Starkey Hearing Aids
This study will evaluate sound quality and user satisfaction with Bluetooth streaming using a new bimodal streaming option for individuals who use a MED-EL cochlear implant and Starkey hearing aid.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Cochlear Implant Recipients, Asymmetric Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT07028619
- Testing
- Bimodal Streaming Configuration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Bilateral Hearing Loss for Causes Other Than Tumors
Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) in Adult Non-Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Subjects
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) can improve hearing in persons who are deaf in both ears and are not candidates for cochlear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT01736267
- Testing
- Nucleus 24 (discontinued) and ABI541 Auditory Brainstem Implants (ABI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Subjective Tinnitus
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy Trial
The primary purpose of the Tinnitus Retraining Therapy Trial (TRTT) is to assess the efficacy of tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) as a treatment for severe debilitating tinnitus.
- Trial name
- TRTT (NCT01177137)
- Testing
- Conventional sound generator (SG), Standard of Care (SC), Directive Counseling (DC)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Open-canal Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aids and Traditional In-the-ear Hearing Aids.
This study is being conducted to evaluate the benefits of in-the-ear vs. open-fit behind-the-ear hearing aids. We want to learn more about which patients prefer each type, so we can make better choices about which type of hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT00727909
- Testing
- Hearing Aid Treatments
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 290 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Loss
Ponto Implantation Using a Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique
This multi-centre study funded by Oticon Medical AB will be conducted at seven hospitals across Europe (UK, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands).
- Trial name
- NCT04606823
- Testing
- Minimally invasive surgery, Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI), Additional follow-up visits after surgery
- Where
- 7 sites in Denmark, Netherlands and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Schizophrenia
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for "Voices"
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on treatment refractory auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NCT00004980
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Hearing Impairment
Wide-Bandwidth Open Canal Hearing Aid For Better Multitalker Speech Understanding
Our goal is to design and build a new hearing aid system, which mitigates the most common complaints that hearing aid users have.
- Trial name
- NCT00582946
- Testing
- Hearing Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- EarLens Corporation
Hearing Loss, Ear Diseases
Evaluation of Remote Fitting in Adult and Pediatric Users of the HiResolution Bionic Ear System
This is a prospective within-subjects repeated-measures study that will enroll 17 users 13 years or older implanted with a HiResolution Bionic Ear System.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Ear Diseases, Hearing Disorders, Otolaryngological Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05034731
- Testing
- Remote Fitting, In-Office Fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Extended Wear Technology
Evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of an advancement in the fitting characteristics of extended wear technology with the commercially available device as a comparator.
- Trial name
- NCT04882800
- Testing
- Lyric extended wear hearing aid device A, Lyric extended wear hearing aid with fitting modification device B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Ear Diseases, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Lumity CI Study - Clinical Evaluation of Next Generation Cochlear Implant Sound Processor
This is a prospective within-subjects repeated-measures study that will enroll 18 bilateral adult users implanted with a HiResolution Bionic Ear System (HiRes 90KTM, HiRes 90K TM Advantage, HiResTM Ultra, HiResTM Ultra 3D and CII…
- Conditions
- Ear Diseases, Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT06858826
- Testing
- Control cochlear implant sound processor, Next Generation Sound Processor
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Hearing Loss, Conductive, Hearing Loss, Mixed
BONEBRIDGE Bone Conduction Implant in Adults
Approximately thirty subjects with mixed or conductive hearing loss, meeting FDA-cleared candidacy criteria for the BONEBRIDGE, will be implanted and followed for three (3) months post-activation to assess safety and…
- Trial name
- NCT03859648
- Testing
- BONEBRIDGE
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Hearing Loss
Compression Headphone Study
The stimuli consist of speech in quiet, speech in noise, reverberant speech, and music recorded with different hearing aid settings, post-processed for headphone presentation and incorporated in an online sound survey.
- Trial name
- NCT04882709
- Testing
- Recording with hearing aid
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Deafness, Hearing Loss
Behavioral Parent Training for Families With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschoolers
Children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) rarely receive behavioral interventions to prevent the long-term costly outcomes of behavior problems.
- Conditions
- Deafness, Hearing Loss, Parenting, Child Behavior
- Trial name
- CHAMPS-DHH (NCT03916146)
- Testing
- Parent Training Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 295 people
- Sponsor
- Christina Studts