Clinical trials: Hearing Disorder
Tinnitus
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Paired With Tones for Tinnitus
Assess the safety and efficacy of VNS paired with tones for tinnitus using a randomized, controlled, parallel study design.
- Trial name
- NCT01962558
- Testing
- VNS Treatment, VNS Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- MicroTransponder Inc.
Conductive Hearing Loss, Mixed Hearing Loss
Evaluation of a Hearing Device for Transmitting Sound to the Inner Ear
A single center study evaluating the performance of an externally worn sound processor for a transcutaneous bone anchored hearing system using audiological outcomes measures such as aided thresholds and self-evaluation…
- Trial name
- NCT05628285
- Testing
- Sentio 1
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
Central Auditory Processing Disorders Associated With Blast Exposure
The incidence of central auditory dysfunction in war fighters who are exposed to high-explosive blasts while serving in combat have not been clearly determined.
- Conditions
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT00554801
- Testing
- Audiological testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Tinnitus
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tinnitus
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for reducing the loudness or severity of chronic tinnitus.
- Trial name
- NCT01104207
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Remote Microphone Candidacy Study
Despite improvements in digital hearing aid technology, many hearing aid users continue to report difficulty understanding speech in challenging listening environments.
- Trial name
- NCT03897634
- Testing
- Remote Microphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
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
Bilateral Hearing Loss
Assessing Listening Effort at Different Signal-to-noise Ratios in Bone-anchored Users
The purpose of this study is to assess listening effort during a speech-in-noise task in bone-anchored hearing systems (BAHS) users via pupillometry.
- Trial name
- NCT04242940
- Testing
- Fitting of Ponto 4
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Hearing Loss
Pediatric Performance and Satisfaction of Oticon Medical Ponto on Softband.
The study is a non-interventional, observational, study on users of Ponto sound processors who use their sound processors on a softband solution.
- Trial name
- NCT06638840
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Presbycusis, Bilateral
Assessment of e-Audiology for Providing Clinical Services and Support
Technological advances in hearing aids and telecommunications, including the widespread availability of telehealth (referred to in this proposal as "e-Audiology") applications, have the potential to expand both access and…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Presbycusis, Bilateral, Hearing Disability
- Trial name
- eAudiology (NCT04048460)
- Testing
- Delivery of hearing healthcare through eAudiology application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Blast Injuries, Brain Injuries
Central Auditory Processing Deficits Associated With Blast Exposure
The current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in unprecedented rates of exposure to high-intensity blasts and resulting brain injury.
- Conditions
- Blast Injuries, Brain Injuries, Age Factors
- Trial name
- NCT01567020
- Testing
- Diagnostic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Tinnitus, Subjective
Action of Intra-auricular Topical Lidocaine on Tinnitus
The main objective of this clinical trial placebo controled is to evaluate the action of intraauricular topical lidocaine on tinnitus.
- Trial name
- NCT05711641
- Testing
- Lidocaine 10 MG/ML, Distilled water
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Cochlear Hearing Loss
Safety and Performance of HiRes Ultra/Ultra 3D Cl Mid-Scala Electrodes in Adults With Severe-to-profound Hearing Loss
This is a prospective study designed to evaluate the safety and performance of the HiRes Ultra Cl HiFocus MS Electrode and HiRes Ultra 3D Cl HiFocus MS Electrode (Ultra X) under normal conditions of use as it is approved for this…
- Trial name
- NCT04610112
- Testing
- Cochlear implantation
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics AG
Tinnitus
Effect of rTMS on Resting State Brain Activity in Tinnitus
One out of every five people experiences tinnitus (a ringing, buzzing, or roaring sound in the ear) ranging from mild to severe impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT00926237
- Testing
- Active 1 Hz rTMS - Active repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered at 1 Hz frequency, Active 10 Hz rTMS - active repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered at 10 Hz frequency
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Hearing Impairment
A Pilot Study to Evaluate Patient Tolerance and Nursing Ease-of-Use of a Novel Hearing Protection Device
Before they are born, babies are protected from hearing very loud noises by their mother's bodies. After delivery, they are exposed to many loud noises that are potentially harmful.
- Trial name
- NEATCAP (NCT02744066)
- Testing
- NEATCAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Balsan, MD
Unilateral Mixed Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Diagnosis), Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Unilateral With Normal Hearing on the Contralateral Side
Early Experience of a New Implant System for Bone Conduction Hearing in the Pediatric Population
To study the initial experience with implanting and fitting a new Bone Conduction system in pediatric patient population with conductive, mixed or single-sided deafness.
- Trial name
- OSIA Pediatric (NCT03509974)
- Testing
- Osseointegrated Steady State Implant
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
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, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Cochlear
The Neuro Zti Cochlear Implant System Efficacy and Safety in Adults
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy and the safety profile of the Neuro Cochlear Implant System (CIS) in adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Cochlear, Deafness
- Trial name
- NCT02941627
- Testing
- Neuro Zti, Neuro One
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada, Denmark
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Hearing Loss, Aging
ACHIEVE Hearing Intervention Follow-Up Study
The ACHIEVE Hearing Intervention Follow-Up study is a randomized trial of a telehealth versus conventional clinic-based hearing healthcare (HHC) delivery model among older adults who are existing hearing aid users to determine if…
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE-HIFU (NCT05070429)
- Testing
- Clinic-based audiological rehabilitative service delivery, Telehealth audiological rehabilitative service delivery
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 339 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Hearing Loss, Conductive, Hearing Loss, Unilateral
Adhear Bone Conduction System
The purpose of this research study is to learn about the hearing outcomes of adult and pediatric patients who are treated with or are candidates for bone conductive devices (also termed "BAHA").
- Trial name
- NCT03533686
- Testing
- Adhear Bone Conduction System, Bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Hearing Aid Processing and Working Memory in Realistic Spatial Conditions
The goal of this project is to determine whether the selection of hearing aid settings should be based in part on an individual's cognitive characteristics (specifically, working memory).
- Trial name
- DIRWDRCWM (NCT04521166)
- Testing
- Hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University