Clinical trials: Intelligibility, Speech
Speech Intelligibility
Speech Intelligibility in Noise Using the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT)
The main purpose of the study is to estimate speech intelligibility in noise. A Norwegian Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) for children will be implemented, and test results for normal hearing (NH) children and adults will be…
- Trial name
- NCT01309503
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Healthy
Clarity in Motion Phase-1 Perceptual Study of Speech Intelligibility
Participants received a bilateral pure-tone hearing screen administered by the research team. All potential participants who failed the hearing screen were provided with information about its meaning and referral for further…
- Trial name
- CIM PhI PercX (NCT07020728)
- Testing
- Solo: Unmasked Speech Stimuli, Raw: Fully masked speech--no motion stimuli, StatScrub: Extracted Speech--no motion stimuli
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Speech Technology and Applied Research Corp.
Speech Intelligibility, Aging
Speech Perception and High Cognitive Demand
With advancing age, adults experience increasing speech understanding difficulties in challenging situations. Currently, speech-in-noise difficulties are rehabilitated by providing hearing aids.
- Trial name
- NCT04997577
- Testing
- Auditory-cognitive training paradigm, Auditory training paradigm
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Dysarthria, Intelligibility, Speech
Perceptual Training to Improve Listeners' Ability to Understand Speech Produced by Individuals With Dysarthria
There exist very few effective treatments that ease the intelligibility burden of dysarthria. Perceptual training offers a promising avenue for improving intelligibility of dysarthric speech by offsetting the communicative burden…
- Trial name
- NCT04897711
- Testing
- Perceptual Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Utah State University
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Evaluation of a Binaural Spatialization Method for Hearing Aids
This study investigates the possible benefits of using binaural spatialization techniques in digital wireless microphone systems for hearing aids.
- Trial name
- BHA(L&S) (NCT02693704)
- Testing
- Hearing Aids
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss, Screening
Adaptation of Pediatric Speech Audiometry Tests Into Other Languages
The objective of this study was to offer a comprehensive framework for the adaptation of speech audiometric tests into other languages.
- Trial name
- NCT07156825
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Semmelweis University
Auditory Fatigue
Evaluation of Auditory Fatigue in Medical Regulation Assistants
Auditory monitoring of employees is currently based on pure-tone audiometry. However, this clinical examination does not prevent from deafness but established it a posteriori.
- Trial name
- EchoSam (NCT02384681)
- Testing
- Exposure to auditory fatigue
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Deafness Neurosensory
Real-time Artificial Intelligence-based Speech Enhancement Methods for Hearing Aid Improvement
Individuals with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders (ANSD) represent 1-10% of adults with hearing loss. These individuals have little or no benefit from current hearing aids because ANSD is a continuum of hearing impairments…
- Trial name
- REFINED (NCT05985473)
- Testing
- audiological measurements, Objective and subjective audiological measurements, Evaluation of the denoising methods REFINED
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Electric Stimulation Therapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Enhancing Speech Intelligibility Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS)
This study contributes to fundamental research investigating the role of the articulatory-motor integration and cerebro-acoustic coherence in speech comprehension.
- Trial name
- StimSpeechCom (NCT04036630)
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) induced motor-evoked potentials (MEPs)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Disorders
MyoVoice to Restore Natural, Hands-free Communication to Individuals With Vocal Impairments
This study will evaluate the ability of MyoVoice to replace natural speech. Referred to generally as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device, MyoVoice uses electrical signals recorded non-invasively from speech…
- Conditions
- Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Disorders, Speech, Alaryngeal, Communication Aids for Disabled
- Trial name
- NCT04762043
- Testing
- Experimental System: MyoVoice, Reference System: Electrolarynx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altec Inc.
Hearing Loss, Dizziness
Fall Risk Assessment and Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Using In-ear Device
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate methods to use hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to assist in the assessment of fall risk and in the implementation of interventions aimed…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Dizziness, Vertigo, Fall Related Injury Risk
- Trial name
- NCT05365646
- Testing
- Hearing aids equipped with motion sensing abilities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Speech Intelligibility, Speech Disorders
Validation of the Turkish Translation of the London Speech Evaluation Scale
Purpose of the study is the validation and cultual adaptation of the Turkish translation of the London Speech Evaluation Scale (LSE-T), so that it would be used as an assessment tool for Turkish head and neck cancer patients.
- Conditions
- Speech Intelligibility, Speech Disorders, Head and Neck Cancer, Speech Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT04690166
- Testing
- The speech records related to the reading document
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascıoglu Education and Research Hospital Organization
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Amnestic, Parkinson Disease (PD)
Early Stage of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases, HearIng Relevance (SAPHIR)
The study aims to phenotype hearing in patients with early stage of neurodegenerative disorders to explore the prevalence of various hearing disorders in comparison to a control population.
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Amnestic, Parkinson Disease (PD), Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- SAPHIR (NCT07083089)
- Testing
- Thorough Hearing assessment
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 309 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cilcare SAS
Speech Intelligibility, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
The Influence of the Individual Auditory-cognitive Need on the Aided Benefit Using Different Feature Settings
The goal of this clinical trial is to optimize hearing aid benefit based on the individual auditory-cognitive need using different hearing aid features in first-time hearing aid users between 45-80 years old with bilateral Phonak…
- Trial name
- NCT06420037
- Testing
- Hearing aid feature adjustment (frequency compression) of the following hearing aids: Phonak Audéo Paradise/Lumity 70, Hearing aid feature adjustment (noise reduction) of the following hearing aids: Phonak Audéo Paradise/Lumity 70, Cognitive screening and vision screening
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Hearing Disorders in Children, Hearing Loss
Automated Measures of Speech Intelligibility Using Brain Wave Recordings
Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent impairments in the world. The World Health Organization estimates that as of 2020, around 466 million people worldwide are affected by disabling hearing loss, of which 34 million are…
- Trial name
- CORGEE (NCT06402994)
- Testing
- Electrophysiological experiment, Speech audiometry
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss
Speech Intelligibility in Quiet and Noise for New vs. Legacy Hearing Aids
This clinical investigation is designed to compare audiological performance (i.e., measurements of sound quality and speech understanding) between Starkey's new receiver-in-canal device and a commercially available legacy…
- Trial name
- NCT05101083
- Testing
- New Receiver-in-Canal Device, Legacy Receiver-in-Canal Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Starkey Laboratories, Inc
Parkinson's Disease
Speech Intelligibility of Patients With P D Compared to First Degree Relatives of P D Patients
This study will examine speech intelligibility of early parkinson's disease (PD) patients, early PD patients and first degree relatives.
- Trial name
- NCT01776879
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
D001305, Auditory Fatigue
Fatigue and Hearing Performance of Healthy Volunteers Acutely Exposed to Occupational Noise ( FATIGAUDIT)
Occupational noise exposure is regulated by law, and protective measures are applied if the noise level exceeds 90 dB(A). The inferior exposure levels can cause an auditory fatigue which is defined as temporary and reversible…
- Conditions
- D001305, Auditory Fatigue, Noise Exposure, Environmental Noise
- Trial name
- FATIGAUDIT (NCT07604077)
- Testing
- 2h30 of noise exposure at 85 dB(A), 2 noise exposures of 66 minutes, 10 noise exposure cycles
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Speech, Denture, Partial, Removable
Intelligibility and Acoustic Speech Performance of CAD/CAM Milled Titanium Partial Dentures
Partial dentures play a crucial role in restoring oral function and aesthetics for patients with missing teeth. Traditionally, these prostheses have been fabricated using materials such as acrylic resin or cobalt-chromium alloys.
- Conditions
- Speech, Denture, Partial, Removable, CAD-CAM
- Trial name
- NCT06589570
- Testing
- Removable Partial Denture
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Badr University
Parkinson Disease
Intelligibility Assessment for Parkinson's Disease
The investigators aim at testing the efficacy of an app to measure sentence intelligibility in noise in speakers with Parkinson's disease and in healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT04829006
- Testing
- Understand Me For Life
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Long Island University