Clinical trials: Hearing Loss, Functional
Hearing Impaired Children
Effects of Pilates and Balance Proprioception Exercises on Hearing Impairment
Static balance is the ability to hold the body in a specific position and posture, while dynamic balance is the ability to maintain balance while moving.
- Trial name
- NCT06198049
- Testing
- Pilates Training, Balance Proprioception Exercises
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
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
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
Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Age-Related
Sight and Hearing Investigation Into Effects on Delirium
The goal of this observational study is to learn about sensory loss in hospital patients with delirium. The main questions it aims to answer are: Are hearing and vision loss related to increased risk of having delirium? Do…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Hearing Disability, Delirium
- Trial name
- SHIELD (NCT06176625)
- Testing
- Communication Signage, Amplifier Use
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,543 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Hearing Loss, Functional
A Self-Affirmation Intervention to Promote Hearing Aid Use
Hearing aids are the number one treatment for hearing loss and it is estimated that out of the 2 million of UK individuals who are supplied with hearing aids 1.4 million will use their hearing aids to varying degrees and the…
- Trial name
- NCT04382703
- Testing
- Self-Affirmation Exercise, Control
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Healthy, Amusia, Congenital
Auditory Deficits in Congenital Amusia (AMUSIE CONGENITALE)
The project studies auditory deficits in congenital amusia at the behavioral and neurophysiological levels. The auditory processes investigated are pitch discrimination, short-term memory, sound-induced emotions.
- Trial name
- NCT03094624
- Testing
- Neuropsychological and neurophysiological tests, Experiment 1, Experiment 2
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Hearing Loss
Exploration of the Functional Effect of Different Hearing Aid Noise Reduction Algorithms in an Ecologically Valid Conversational Situation
A methodical evaluation of sound changing principles in CE-labelled Sonova brand hearing instruments (e.g. Phonak hearing instruments) is intended to be conducted on hearing impaired participants.
- Trial name
- NCT06992310
- Testing
- Hearing Aid with standard noise reduction (NR_1), Hearing Aid with NR_2, Hearing Aid with NR_3
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Sebastian Griepentrog
Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implant
AB-Intra- and Post-Operative Measures of Auditory Function
The purpose of this study is to see how the inner ear responds to sound delivered to the ear canal during and after your cochlear implant surgery.
- Trial name
- AB-ECOG (NCT03685461)
- Testing
- Electrocochleography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Hearing/ET/Vestibular in Balloon Pilots
This study looks at whether working as a hot-air balloon pilot-being exposed to burner noise, changes in air pressure/temperature, and vertical acceleration-is linked to changes in hearing, Eustachian tube function, and…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Vestibular Disorders, Occupational Exposure
- Trial name
- FLIGHT-EAR (NCT07200310)
- Testing
- Non-invasive audiologic and vestibular assessments
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital
Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Speech Intelligibility
Benefits of Choir for Older Adults With Unaddressed Hearing Loss (WP2)
Unaddressed age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults, typified by negative consequences for speech-in-noise perception and psychosocial wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Age-Related, Speech Intelligibility, Psychosocial Functioning
- Trial name
- NCT06580847
- Testing
- Group Singing, Audiobook Club
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Vestibular Disorder
Vestibular Function and Vestibular Rehabilitation in SSHL With Vertigo
To evaluate the vestibular function and vestibular rehabilitation in sudden sensorneural hearing loss(SSHL) with vertigo
- Trial name
- NCT03431506
- Testing
- Vestibular rehabilitation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Hearing Loss, Bilateral Sensorineural, Pulmonary Function
Comparison of Pulmonary Functions and Respiratory Muscle Strength Between Children With Hearing Impairment and Healthy Peers
This study aims to compare pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength between children with hearing impairment and their healthy peers.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Bilateral Sensorineural, Pulmonary Function, Respiratory Muscle Strength, Children
- Trial name
- NCT07421349
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Assessment of Vascular Health Risk Factors
Innsbruck Health Promotion Program
The primary goal of this single-centre. single-arm, unblinded, pre-post interventional study is to evaluate whether a one-time health assessment and intervention affects the overall vascular health evaluated through the Life's…
- Trial name
- INNHEALTH (NCT06813677)
- Testing
- In-person health promotion
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VASCage GmbH
Conductive Hearing Loss
Wideband Tympanometry as a Non-behavioral Test of the Speech-weighted Middle Ear Transfer Function.
There is a need for a non-behavioral clinical test that provides an assessment of how speech is conducted through the middle ear for the optimization of middle ear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT07557771
- Testing
- Wideband Tympanometry
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Hearing Loss
A Clinical Investigation of the Benefit: BTE Hearing Aids Versus ITE Hearing Aids
The current study will evaluate a new in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid hardware. The goal is to evaluate the audiological performance, usability, feature function, and to identify unexpected or unwanted behaviour from the devices.
- Trial name
- NCT04168229
- Testing
- Mermaid 9 ITE, Mermaid 9 BTE
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Bernafon AG
Frailty, Vision and Hearing Loss
Health Determinants in Older Adults Living At Home
The observational study will conduct interprofessional assessments by registered nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists of health determinants (i.e., frailty, physical, cognitive, and sensory function, mental and…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Vision and Hearing Loss, Cognitive Function, Social 1, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- NCT05837728
- Testing
- Health promoting assessment of older adults living at home
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Stavanger
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL), Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy(HBOT) on Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss(SSNHL) and Coagulation Function
The objective of this observational study was to understand the effect of HBO on patients with SSNHL and its association with coagulation function and prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT06819202
- Testing
- Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,309 people
- Sponsor
- Sun Yuting
Deafness, Kidney Diseases
Endolymphatic Sac Tumors in a Population of Patients With Von Hippel-Lindau Disease:The Natural History and Pathobiology, and a Prospective Non-Randomized Clinical Trial of Hearing Preservation Surgery in Patients With Early Stage Endolymphatic Sac Tumors
The von Hippel Lindau (VHL) gene has recently been identified as the genetic defect resulting in a syndrome of multiple neoplasias.
- Conditions
- Deafness, Kidney Diseases, Kidney Neoplasms, Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT00001668
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Hearing Loss
Body Mass Index and Audiology Function
Obesity may directly or indirectly lead to hearing loss
- Trial name
- NCT03172663
- Testing
- pure tone audiometry
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Angina, Stable
Quest to Analyze One Thousand Humans Meditating
This study will be focused on assessing the molecular, physiological, and emotional correlates of an intensive meditation experience in the context of a retreat setting in a large 2000 plus-person cohort comprised of healthy and…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Angina, Stable, Anxiety, Asthma
- Trial name
- QUANTUM (NCT06583395)
- Testing
- Advanced multi-component meditation practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tobias Moeller-Bertram