Clinical trials: Hearing Aids
Unilateral Hearing Loss
Audiological Rehabilitation of Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss
The goal of this study is to examine the effects of hearing aids and early intervention on hearing, language, and neural development in children with hearing loss in one ear, known as unilateral hearing loss.
- Trial name
- SHINE (NCT07911852)
- Testing
- hearing aids
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Congenital Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Alpha-Tectorin, Interleukin-10 and Thiol-Disulfide Homeostasis in Children With Congenital Hearing Loss
Congenital hearing loss is one of the most common sensory disorders of childhood, and the structural, immunologic and oxidative mechanisms involved in its development are incompletely understood.
- Trial name
- NCT07860580
- Testing
- Blood sample collection
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harran 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
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Investigating Hearing Aid Frequency Response Curves
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
- NCT05521308
- Testing
- Hearing Aid - Standard Curve, Hearing Aid - Variation #1, Hearing Aid - Variation #2
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Hearing Aid Noise Reduction in Pediatric Users Pilot Study (Oticon Pilot Study)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of OpenSound Navigator (OSN), a hearing aid speech-enhancement algorithm developed by Oticon, as treatment for pediatric hearing aid users.
- Trial name
- NCT04469946
- Testing
- Oticon OpenSound Navigator speech enhancement algorithm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Hearing Loss
A Comparison of User-adjusted and Audiologist-adjusted Hearing Amplification
Fifty adults with mild to moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss will be fit with hearing amplification using two adjustment techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT03728907
- Testing
- Hearing aid fitting technique- audiologist or user-adjusted
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
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
Hearing Loss
Combined Acoustic and Electric Hearing (CI/HA) in Adult Bimodal Users Using a HA With a Bimodal Fitting Formula
Introduction: Bilateral-bimodal users may benefit from bilateral-binaural and a bimodal effect . The two modes of stimulation complement each other and may overcome the limitation of electric hearing alone.
- Trial name
- NCT03142100
- Testing
- cochlear implants and hearing aids
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bnai Zion Medical Center
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Wear-Time Trial for Self-Fitting Hearing Aid
This document describes a clinical validation study for a double-blind repeated-measures comparative study of the Great Nordic (GN) self-fitting method to a validated audiology-best-practices method when fitting the GN…
- Trial name
- NCT04823494
- Testing
- Hearing aids
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GN Hearing A/S
Hearing Loss, Hearing Disorders
Validation of a Smartphone-Based Hearing-in-Noise Test (HearMe)
The purpose of this project is to validate a quick, easy-to-use and administer smartphone hearing-in-noise test. The Hearing-in-Noise Test (HINT) measures an individual's ability to hear speech in quiet and in noise.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Disorders, Hearing Abnormality, Hearing Disability
- Trial name
- HearMe (NCT03429777)
- Testing
- HearMe Smartphone Application
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Hearing Loss
Clinical Applications for Time-Compressed Speech Tests
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of age-related cognitive changes on hearing aid benefit based on hearing aid compression time constants.
- Trial name
- NCT00371839
- Testing
- Audiological Evaluation
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
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 Disorders in Children, Hearing Loss
Automated Measures of Speech Intelligibility Using Brain Wave Recordings
Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent impairments in the world. The World Health Organization estimates that as of 2020, around 466 million people worldwide are affected by disabling hearing loss, of which 34 million are…
- Trial name
- CORGEE (NCT06402994)
- Testing
- Electrophysiological experiment, Speech audiometry
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Hearing Loss, Self Perceived Hearing Loss
Assessing Functional Outcomes and User Experience of the Lexie B3 Pro Powered by Bose Over-the-counter Self-Fitting Hearing Aid
Hearing loss significantly impacts quality of life, with sensorineural hearing loss being the most common type among adults. Hearing aids are a well-established intervention, yet barriers such as access and affordability limit…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Self Perceived Hearing Loss, Hearing Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT06878300
- Testing
- Over the counter hearing aid (Lexie), Comparator over the counter hearing aid
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HearX SA
Hearing Loss, Adult-Onset, Hearing Aids
Use of Airpod Pros as Assistive Technology
The goal of this study is to investigate the suitability and effectiveness of the AirPod Pro 2nd and 3rd generation (AP) as hearing assistive technology for individuals with mild-to-moderate hearing loss when listening in noisy…
- Trial name
- NCT06840015
- Testing
- Airpod Pro as hearing assistive technology
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Hearing Loss
Measuring Comfort and Clarity With Low Gain Feature in Pediatric Hearing Aid Users
Comfort and clarity of speech will be measured in hearing impaired children age 8-17 using standard speech processing algorithm with a soft speech enhancer feature, referred to as the Adaptive Situational Gain (ASG) feature in…
- Trial name
- NCT05150964
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Impairment
Speech-Evoked Auditory Potentials: Multisite Pediatric Evaluation
The goal of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity of a newly-developed prototype device in its ability to measure brain responses to speech sounds in an infant population.
- Trial name
- SEFR (NCT07392164)
- Testing
- A newly developed prototype device for speech-evoked EFR Measurement
- Where
- 3 sites in Australia, Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Susan Scollie
Hearing Impairment, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Hearing Aid Noise Reduction in Pediatric Users (Oticon Study)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of OpenSound Navigator (OSN), a hearing aid speech-enhancement algorithm developed by Oticon, as treatment for pediatric hearing aid users.
- Trial name
- OtiS (NCT03771287)
- Testing
- Oticon OpenSound Navigator speech enhancement algorithm, Oticon omni-directional microphone algorithm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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
Hearing Loss
Clinical Trial Evaluating Outcomes of Self-Fit and Professionally Fit Hearing Aids
Approximately 48 million people in the United States have hearing loss or hearing difficulties in noisy environments. Whisper.ai Inc has previously brought to market a commercial hearing aid system that reduces background noise…
- Trial name
- NCT05527730
- Testing
- Comparison of PRO-FIT or SELF-FIT fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Whisper.ai