Clinical trials: Hearing Impairment
Total Unilateral Deafness, Unilateral Partial Deafness
Cochlear Implantation for Treatment of Single-sided Deafness
This is a research study to determine whether a cochlear implantation (CI) device can improve hearing in people who are deaf in one ear (known as single-sided deafness).
- Trial name
- NCT02532972
- Testing
- Med-el MAESTRO Cochlear Implant with Flex 28 electrode array
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Daniel Lee
Hearing Loss
Speech Locator In-car Performance Evaluation
Listeners will conduct sound quality ratings of recordings talkers in a moving car processed using three different microphone processing strategies: an investigational adaptive directional microphone, an omnidirectional…
- Trial name
- NCT05054816
- Testing
- Investigational adaptive directional microphone strategy, Comparator omnidirectional microphone strategy, Comparator fixed directional microphone strategy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
PC-Based Rehabilitation of Auditory Function
Many older subjects experience difficulty in understanding speech in noisy environments. Part of this problem is related to changes that occur in the ear with age and compromise the hearing of high-pitched sounds.
- Trial name
- CINT (NCT00724347)
- Testing
- Consonant Identification Training
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Severe to Profound Hearing Loss, in Adult Users of Advanced Bionics HiResolution™ Bionic Ear System
Evaluation of a HiRes™ Optima Sound Processing Strategy for the HiResolution™ Bionic Ear
The purpose of this study is to compare a new sound processing strategy to the current sound processing strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT01616576
- Testing
- Control first, then Experimental, Experimental first, then Control
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Evaluation of the Nucleus Hybrid™ L24 Cochlear Implant System
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy associated with the provision of acoustic and electric sound processing to individuals who demonstrate significant residual low-frequency hearing and profound…
- Trial name
- NCT00678899
- Testing
- Nucleus Hybrid L24
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases
North Carolina Genomic Evaluation by Next-generation Exome Sequencing, 2
The "North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation by Next-gen Exome Sequencing, 2 (NCGENES 2)" study is part of a larger consortium project investigating the clinical utility, or net benefit of an intervention on patient and family…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases, Brain Malformation, Intellectual Disability
- Trial name
- NCGENES2 (NCT03548779)
- Testing
- Pre-visit prep, usual care + exome seq
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 548 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired Children
Audiobooks for Hearing Loss App as Auditory Training
The goal of the proposed project is to create an Audiobooks for Hearing Loss (HL) App - an audiobook App that has a wide array of user-selectable features designed to provide auditory training.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Impaired Children, Hearing Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT04231396
- Testing
- Audiobooks for hearing loss App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BioSpeech
Noise-induced Hearing Loss
Phase 3 Clinical Trial: D-methionine to Reduce Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)
This prospective study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial of oral D-methionine (D-met) to reduce noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and tinnitus.
- Trial name
- NCT02903355
- Testing
- D-methionine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 351 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Illinois University
Hearing Loss
N6 Input Processing in Traditional CI Recipients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the enhanced signal processing features of the Nucleus 6 Sound Processor on existing Nucleus cochlear implant recipients currently using the Nucleus 5 Sound Processor.
- Trial name
- NCT02239263
- Testing
- Nucleus 6 Sound Processor
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Hearing Loss
Clinical Evaluation of the Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant (CI) System
To evaluate the performance of the Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant System.
- Trial name
- NCT01072409
- Testing
- Nucleus 5 Cochlear implant, Cochlear implantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
FX-322 in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
This is a phase 1/2 study of FX-322 at two dose levels compared to placebo in male and female adults otherwise healthy with stable sensorineural hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT03616223
- Testing
- FX-322
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Frequency Therapeutics
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
Hearing Loss
Intracochlear Potentials: Volta Study
Collection of normative voltage tomography data during and/or immediately after electrode insertion into the cochlea using Surgical Assistant (SA16) research software and postoperatively at activation, three and twelve months…
- Trial name
- CLTD5663 (NCT02852330)
- Testing
- SA16 research software, CS19 (1.6.2)
- Where
- 2 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Cochlear
Meniere Disease, Ménière
SPI-1005 for the Treatment of Meniere's Disease
The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center clinical trial (RCT) with open-label extension study (OLE), of SPI-1005 in adult subjects with definite Meniere's disease with active symptoms within three…
- Trial name
- STOPMD-3 (NCT04677972)
- Testing
- Ebselen
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Sound Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
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
Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Open-source Hearing Aid Platform Comparisons
New discoveries for hearing loss intervention are often impeded by the proprietary nature of commercial hearing aids and their use in scientific research as "black boxes".
- Trial name
- COSP-1 (NCT05693610)
- Testing
- Portable OSP, Cloud-based OSP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Fitting Strategy Study
To be conducted with adult participants with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to validate the effectiveness of the Web App fitting strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT04972162
- Testing
- Web App Strategy Fitting, Standard-of-care Fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- WSAUD A/S
Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural
Auditory Training and Hearing Aid Satisfaction
Although hearing aids are the most common treatment for hearing loss, and have the potential to help seniors stay active and productive, almost 50% of them who receive hearing aids rarely if ever use them, a state of affairs…
- Trial name
- ATandHAs (NCT04230876)
- Testing
- Auditory Brian Training Games/Activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Hearing Loss
Cochlear Implantation in Adults With Asymmetric Hearing Loss Clinical Trial
This longitudinal study evaluates the possible benefit of cochlear implantation in the poor ear of adults with asymmetric hearing loss who continue to use a hearing aid in the better hearing ear.
- Trial name
- NCT03052920
- Testing
- Cochlear implant
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Cytomegalovirus Infection
Valganciclovir Therapy in Infants and Children With Congenital CMV Infection and Hearing Loss
This is an international, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation valganciclovir treatment for up to 54 children (up to 4 years of age) with virologically-confirmed congenital CMV infection and hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01649869
- Testing
- Valganciclovir
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)