Clinical trials: Hearing Rehabilitation
Deafness
Neurophysiological Measures of Auditory Perception and Rehabilitation in Cochlear Implanted Patients
This study aims at investigating new automatic fitting techniques for cochlear implant patients based on objective measures. For this reason, the evolution of these neurophysiological measures, expressing the encoding of pure…
- Trial name
- NEUROSYLLABIC (NCT02323256)
- Testing
- Auditory steady-state response ASSR, Speech-ABR, Acoustic Change Complex ACC
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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
Evaluating the Revised WORQ in CI Users
The Work Related Questionnaire (WORQ) is a 59-item questionnaire of which each item represents an International Classification of Functioning and disability category.
- Trial name
- NCT04602780
- Where
- 5 sites in Australia, Belgium and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
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
Language Impairment, Hearing Loss
Characterization of Auditory Processing Involved in the Encoding of Speech Sounds
The ability to encode the speech signal is determined by ascending and descending auditory processing. Difficulties in processing these speech signals are well described at the behavioral level in a specific language disorder.
- Trial name
- PRODIPRICIDE (NCT02574299)
- Testing
- E-learning, Hearing aids fitting
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Hearing Loss
Comparing Self-Fitting Strategies in the Lexie Powered by Bose Hearing Aids
More than 1.5 billion people around the world experience hearing loss, of whom at least 430 million experience disabling hearing loss that will require rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT05782153
- Testing
- Intervention A (hearing aid self-fitting with direct adjustment), Intervention B (hearing aid self-fitting with in-situ fitting)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- hearX Group
Hearing Loss
Clinical Validation of the Lexie Lumen Hearing Aid
More than half a billion people globally have hearing loss. Most hearing loss is sensorineural, meaning that the hearing loss is irreversible and requires rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT05337748
- Testing
- Lexie Self Test and Fit Group, Lexie Professional Test and Fit Group
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- hearX Group
Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia
Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?
Age-related vision impairment and dementia both become more prevalent with increasing age. Research into the mechanisms of these conditions has proposed that some of their causes (e.g., macular degeneration/glaucoma and…
- Conditions
- Age-related Macular Degeneration, Dementia, Low Vision, Low Vision Aids
- Trial name
- WOTB (NCT04276610)
- Testing
- Low Vision Reading Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Parental Language Behaviors
Project ASPIRE Efficacy Pilot: Achieving Superior Parental Involvement for Rehabilitative Excellence
The purpose of the proposed exploratory research protocol is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of Project ASPIRE, a parent-directed intervention aiming to increase parental skills and enrich children's early language…
- Trial name
- ASPIRE (NCT01753661)
- Testing
- Linguistic Feedback Report, Multimedia Education Sessions, EI-As-Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Hearing Aids Rehabilitation Within Age-related Hearing Loss Population.
Hearing aids restore efficiently some auditory functions in age-related hearing loss (ARHL or presbycusis) providing to the elderly an access to oral communication and a return to social life.
- Trial name
- AGEHEAR (NCT05331404)
- Testing
- PET examination, Quality of life assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural, Auditory; Nerve
Auditory Training Via Teleconference
Multi-channel cochlear implants have been highly successful in restoring speech understanding to individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss.
- Conditions
- Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural, Auditory; Nerve, Cochlear Implants, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT04207866
- Testing
- Teleconferencing, Auditory training services
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Hearing Disability
Leuven Interactive Scheme for hearingTraining Evaluation, and Audiological Rehabilitation
It is believed that persons with hearing impairment benefit from auditory rehabilitation (AR), i.e. regular assessment and training of their listening skills.
- Trial name
- LUISTER (NCT04063748)
- Testing
- Audiological rehabilitation, Passive Control
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
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
Cochlear Implantation
Spatial Hearing Rehabilitation in Noise for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children
In recent decades, there was a great expansion for bilateral cochlear implantation (bCI) in children, leading to an improvement of their quality of life.
- Trial name
- KidTrain (NCT06040892)
- Testing
- SPHERE protocol : Spatial hearing performances test, FRASIMAT Test : audiology test of speech in noise perception, Kid SSQ questionnaire of life : The Speech, Spatial and Other Qualities of Hearing Scale
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Congenital Hearing Loss, Gene Therapy
Perceptual Evaluation and Rehabilitation System Development for Congenital Hearing Loss
This study aims to establish a novel multimodal evaluation and precision rehabilitation system for patients with congenital hearing loss who have received hearing aids, cochlear implantation, or emerging gene therapy.
- Conditions
- Congenital Hearing Loss, Gene Therapy, Speech Perception, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT07024524
- Testing
- Rehabilitation training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Dual Sensory Impairment of Vision and Hearing
Dual Sensory Impairment Low Vision Rehabilitation (LVR) Initiative
The aims of the Improving Communication with Formal/Informal Caregivers among Older Adults with Dual Sensory Impairment: Feasibility of Hearing Intervention in a Low Vision Rehabilitation Clinic (LVR) are: Primary aims Aim 1 To…
- Trial name
- LVR (NCT03664349)
- Testing
- SuperEar9000
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Hearing Disability
Assistant for LIstening and Communication Enhancement
As we get older, our hearing deteriorates and an age-related hearing loss can develop. Having a hearing loss can make it more difficult for people to understand conversations.
- Trial name
- ALICE (NCT05329922)
- Testing
- ALICE: Audiological rehabilitation
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
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
Deafness Unilateral
Cochlear Implantation for Young Single-sided Deaf Children
Children with profound sensorineural unilateral hearing loss (UHL) lag behind in spoken language, cognition, spatial hearing, and academic performance compared to normal hearing (NH) children.
- Trial name
- CICADE (NCT04738968)
- Testing
- Cochlear implant
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Hearing Loss
Hearing Aids, Counseling and the Significant Other
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of enhanced patient-centered counseling (PCC) and the influence of spousal involvement in pre-fitting counseling on hearing-aid outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT01809496
- Testing
- Informational Counseling, Patient Centered Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research