Clinical trials: Hearing Impairment
Hearing Impairment
Determine the Effect on Cognitive Impairment Measures by Providing Hearing-Assistance to Skilled Nursing Facility Residents
The purpose of the study is to see if a commercially available hearing assistance device called the PockeTalker has an effect on performance on cognitive (memory and thinking) tests among skilled nursing facility residents.
- Trial name
- DECIPHER (NCT03338751)
- Testing
- cognitive testing with HAD (PockeTalker) First, Cognitive testing without HAD First
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Hearing Impaired Children
Artificial Grammar Learning in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Stimulus Length Effect
The goal of this basic experimental study involving humans (BESH) clinical trial is to examine how stimulus length affects grammar learning in children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and who primarily use spoken language.
- Trial name
- NCT07782567
- Testing
- Short linguistic content, Long linguistic content
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Hearing Loss, Adult-Onset, Tinnitus
AI-assisted Diagnosis, Triage and Assessment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Hearing loss affects approximately 11 million people in the UK, while tinnitus impacts around 7 million. Both conditions can significantly reduce quality of life and are linked to poorer mental health and employment challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT07586098
- Testing
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted Clinical Decision Support Tool for managing Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Dementia, Hearing Loss
Hearing Impairment as a Risk Factor for Dementia in Older Adults
This Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) project is part of a larger project on potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia in a life course perspective, with an overarching aim to improve prevention of dementia and thereby…
- Trial name
- NCT04284384
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 6,952 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Cochlear Implants, Cochlear Implantation
Investigation of a Device to Deliver Intra-Operative Therapeutic Hypothermia for Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation
The goal of this interventional clinical study is to investigate the use of mild therapeutic hypothermia for preservation of residual hearing in cochlear implant surgery. The main questions the trial aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Cochlear Implants, Cochlear Implantation, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06375278
- Testing
- Intra-Ear Canal Cooling Catheter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Restorear Devices LLC
Hearing Impairment
Do Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones Improve the Quality of Care in Hearing Impaired Patients?
Participants will be recruited by performing chart reviews of patients to be seen at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Ophthalmology and Optometry Clinic. A sample size of at least 30 patients is needed (60 eyes).
- Trial name
- NCT05420038
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Quality Control of CE-Certified Phonak Hearing Aids - 2018_07
Phonak Hearing Systems pass through different development and study stages. At an early stage, feasibility studies are conducted to investigate new algorithms, features and functions in an isolated manner.
- Trial name
- NCT03555084
- Testing
- Extension of Virto B-Titanium, Virto B-Titanium
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Cochlear Implant, Hearing Disability
Recipients With Limited Bimodal Benefit: HA or CROS
The rationale is to determine (in individuals with limited perceived bimodal benefit) whether the CROS device may be a better solution for obtaining two-sided input. If yes, this study would be practice-changing.
- Conditions
- Cochlear Implant, Hearing Disability, Hearing Disorders and Deafness
- Trial name
- NCT04155138
- Testing
- Naida Hearing Aid, Naida Contralateral Routing of Sound Device
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Hearing and Vision Loss
Validating a Self-fitting Hearing Aid
Eargo, Inc. has developed a hearing aid that contains self-fitting gain software that allows adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to test their hearing sensitivity and program hearing aids to match their measured hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT05246904
- Testing
- Fitting algorithm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
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
Profound Deafness
Optimization of Cochlear Implant Fitting in Patients With Functional Contralateral Hearing Using an Evolutionary Algorithm.
360 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss. The prevalence of hearing impairment, all stages combined, in the French population is 7% (4 million people), of which 9% have severe impairment and 3% have…
- Trial name
- Algo Fréq (NCT04888143)
- Testing
- questionnaires, Evolutionary algorithm
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Gestational Diabetes, Pregestational Diabetes
Maternal Diabetes in Newborns With Hearing Loss
This study aims to investigate the presence and characteristics of maternal diabetes as a risk factor in newborns with hearing loss. Hearing loss is one of the most common congenital anomalies among newborns.
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes, Pregestational Diabetes, Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- GDM (NCT05152589)
- Testing
- hearing test
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Severe-to-profound Hearing Loss
Benefits of the HiResolutionTM Bionic Ear System in Adults With Low-Frequency Hearing
The goal of this investigation is to generate the needed PMCF data for the HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode. As a point of interest the investigators would like to evaluate the benefit to patients with low-frequency residual hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT01824563
- Testing
- Observational study
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Bionics AG
Congenital Hearing Loss, Bilateral Cochlear Implants
Investigating the Neural Oscillatory Features for Limited Access to Oral Language in Deaf Children With Early Bilateral Cochlear Implantation
Children with severe-to-profound congenital hearing loss often experience significant language development challenges. While cochlear implants (CIs) can restore auditory input, outcomes vary widely, even among those who receive…
- Trial name
- ICO (NCT07739433)
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Technology
Effectiveness of a Smart Hearing Aid on Improving Psychosocial Well-being in Elderly
The study has 2 primary research questions, 4 secondary research questions, and 2 auxiliary research questions targeting elderly with hearing impairment. The research questions are: Primary study questions: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT05772949
- Testing
- Experimental group intervention, Wait-list control group intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Hearing Loss, Fall
The Impact of Hearing Loss Severity on Balance Intervention Outcomes
The goal of this study is to learn about how hearing loss impacts balance intervention outcomes and risk of falling in older adults.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Fall, Postural Balance
- Trial name
- NCT05681078
- Testing
- A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about Falls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Congenital Profound Hearing Loss
Evaluation of a Cohort of Congenital Deep Deafness Patients and/or With Auditory Neuropathy, Looking for DFNB9
Evaluation of a cohort of deaf children looking for autosomal recessive deafness-9 (DFNB9). Clinical and audiologic evaluation of patients with known auditive neuropathy / auditory dys-synchrony (ANAD) or recently diagnosed…
- Trial name
- AUDIOFERLINE (NCT04202185)
- Testing
- Data collection, Genetic analysis
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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
Conductive Hearing Loss, Unilateral Partial Deafness
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ponto Bone Anchored Hearing Implants
The objective of this study is to make a comparison between two surgical techniques used when implanting a Ponto bone anchored hearing system.
- Conditions
- Conductive Hearing Loss, Unilateral Partial Deafness, Mixed Conductive-sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- C50 (NCT02438618)
- Testing
- Surgery for Ponto bone anchored hearing aids
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Hearing Impaired Children
EarGenie: Assessment of a Minimum Viable Product
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate safety and preliminary efficacy of a novel device (EarGenie MVP) to assess hearing function in infants, using a small number of infants with normal hearing.
- Trial name
- NCT05962814
- Testing
- EarGenie MVP test
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Bionics Institute of Australia