Clinical trials: Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Hearing Aids Rehabilitation Within Age-related Hearing Loss Population.
Hearing aids restore efficiently some auditory functions in age-related hearing loss (ARHL or presbycusis) providing to the elderly an access to oral communication and a return to social life.
- Trial name
- AGEHEAR (NCT05331404)
- Testing
- PET examination, Quality of life assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Hearing Loss
Comparison of Hearing Aid Fitting Outcomes Between Self-fit and Professional Fit for MDHearing Smart Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are commonly used to help people with hearing loss hear better in daily listening environments. MDHearing Smart hearing aids are designed to use the MDHearing app to adjust hearing aids to each individual's hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT05165121
- Testing
- MDHearing smart hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MDHearingAid
Speech Intelligibility
Speech Intelligibility in Noise Using the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT)
The main purpose of the study is to estimate speech intelligibility in noise. A Norwegian Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) for children will be implemented, and test results for normal hearing (NH) children and adults will be…
- Trial name
- NCT01309503
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia
Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?
Age-related vision impairment and dementia both become more prevalent with increasing age. Research into the mechanisms of these conditions has proposed that some of their causes (e.g., macular degeneration/glaucoma and…
- Conditions
- Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia, Low Vision, Low Vision Aids
- Trial name
- WOTB (NCT04276610)
- Testing
- Low Vision Reading Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Hearing Loss, Presbycusis
Predicting Success With Hearing Aids
The primary complaint of individuals with hearing loss is difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Although hearing aids help individuals understand speech in background noise better, there is a high…
- Trial name
- NCT00371449
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Loss
Hearing Aid Algorithms for Sudden Sounds
This study explores the impact of hearing aid settings for managing sudden sounds on speech comprehension and recall in individuals with hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT06340919
- Testing
- Sudden Sound Reduction Setting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Hearing Loss, Motivation
Motivational Interviewing in Hearing Aid Users
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic disabilities in the older adult population and affects their quality of life. Hearing aid use can improve one's quality of life by increasing a person's ability to detect…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Motivation, Hearing Disability, Hearing Disorders and Deafness
- Trial name
- MI-HAT (NCT04673565)
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of New Fitting Characteristics for Extended Wear Hearing Aid Technology
Two groups of hearing aid candidates will be fit with extended wear technology. One group will be fit with the commercially available models, and the other group will be fit with either the commercially available model or a new…
- Trial name
- NCT05274165
- Testing
- Lyric Hearing Aid- Experimental Design, Lyric Hearing Aid- Commercially Available
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss, Bilateral or Unilateral, Hearing Aid
Hearing Loss and Aid Attitudes in Health Sciences Students
This study aims to examine the knowledge levels and attitudes of students enrolled in departments other than Audiology within the Faculty of Health Sciences regarding hearing loss and the use of hearing aids.
- Trial name
- NCT07575711
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Evaluation of a Binaural Spatialization Method for Hearing Aids
This study investigates the possible benefits of using binaural spatialization techniques in digital wireless microphone systems for hearing aids.
- Trial name
- BHA(L&S) (NCT02693704)
- Testing
- Hearing Aids
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Software for Self-Fitting of Hearing Aids by People With Hearing Loss
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a prototype app for the self-fitting of hearing aids.
- Trial name
- NCT05280808
- Testing
- Experimental phone app used for self-fitting of hearing aids
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Unilateral Deafness
Efficacy of the Bone-anchored Hearing Aid for Unilateral Deafness
The purpose of this 3-year prospective investigation is to examine the short-term and long-term (1 year)efficacy of the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) in adults with single sided deafness
- Trial name
- NCT00201617
- Testing
- Bone-anchored hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
Hearing Loss
Morphology Effects of Extended Wear Hearing Instrument
The lyric hearing device is a commercially available device produced by Sonova, and designed to be used for extended periods of time.
- Trial name
- NCT03902093
- Testing
- Morphology changes with extended wear hearing aid
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Self-efficacy-based Auditory Rehabilitation With Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
This goal of this study is to learn if a new audiology treatment process called the self-efficacy-based auditory rehabilitation (SEBAR) can improve confidence and success with over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids.
- Trial name
- NCT06560918
- Testing
- hearing aids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Hearing Loss
Lab Evaluation of Novel Hearing Aid Coupling Method
Evaluation of different hearing aid coupling methods including two states of a novel coupling method and two traditional coupling methods.
- Trial name
- NCT05377359
- Testing
- Recordings of Hearing Aids with Open Domes, Recordings of Hearing Aids with Closed Domes, Recordings of Hearing Aids with Novel State 1
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Deafness Neurosensory
Real-time Artificial Intelligence-based Speech Enhancement Methods for Hearing Aid Improvement
Individuals with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders (ANSD) represent 1-10% of adults with hearing loss. These individuals have little or no benefit from current hearing aids because ANSD is a continuum of hearing impairments…
- Trial name
- REFINED (NCT05985473)
- Testing
- audiological measurements, Objective and subjective audiological measurements, Evaluation of the denoising methods REFINED
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Mild to Moderate Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Study of SelfFit Mobile Medical App for Hearing Loss Diagnostics and Hearing Device Fitting / Fine Tuning
The purpose of this clinical study is to validate the comparability of prescription formula fitting of hearing aids based on full diagnostic audiometry and SelfFit interactive fitting of hearing aids based on hearing loss…
- Trial name
- SelfFit (NCT01877317)
- Testing
- SelfFit adjusted hearing device
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Two Pi Signalprocessing Applications GmbH
Speech, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Effects of Nonlinear Signal Processing Algorithms on Speech Perception
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of nonlinear signal processing algorithms on speech perception.
- Conditions
- Speech, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Aids
- Trial name
- NCT05954520
- Testing
- Tympan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Investigating Hearing Aid Frequency Response Curves 2
Internal research on the manufacturer's hearing aid products has idenitfied areas in which the investigators can improve the hearing aid frequency response curve.
- Trial name
- NCT05828017
- Testing
- Hearing Aid - Standard Curve under Program 1, Hearing Aid - Variation #1 under Program 1, Hearing Aid - Variation #2 under Program 5 - Streaming Only
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Unilateral Hearing Loss, Unilateral Deafness
A Comparison Between Wireless CROS and Bone-anchored Hearing Devices for Single-Sided Deafness: A Pilot Study
People with single-sided deafness (SSD) have significant hearing loss in one ear and normal or near normal hearing in the other ear.
- Trial name
- NCT01715948
- Testing
- CROS hearing aid, Bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD)
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manohar Bance