Clinical trials: Middle Ear Disease
Aging, Age Related Hearing Loss
Cognitive Training to Improve Mobility in Middle-aged and Older Adults
The proposed study is designed to evaluate the effect of at-home executive function training on cognition and mobility in older adults with age-related hearing loss (ARHL), older adults with normal hearing, and middle-aged adults.
- Trial name
- HnW (NCT05418998)
- Testing
- Executive function (EF) training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Concordia University, Montreal
Healthy
Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance: Specific Aim 3a Part ii
The middle ear is an airspace located behind the eardrum that consists of two connecting compartments. The compartment directly behind the eardrum is called the tympanum and contains the three small bones of the middle ear, the…
- Trial name
- NCT00494364
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Eustachian Tube Disorder
Evaluating Changes in Middle Ear Pressure Caused by CPAP
This study is an investigation into the effect that CPAP has on the pressure in the middle ear. It will evaluate the middle ear pressure and ear drum appearance at multiple levels of CPAP pressure delivered via a full face mask.
- Trial name
- NCT02882022
- Testing
- Continuous positive airway pressure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Middle Ear Effusion, Tympanic Membrane Perforation
PneuMum: Pneumococcal Vaccination of Australian Indigenous Mothers to See if it Protects Their Babies From Ear Disease
PneuMum is a randomised controlled trial that aims to find out if pneumococcal vaccination for Australian Indigenous mothers, in the last few months of pregnancy or at delivery, can prevent ear disease in infants.
- Conditions
- Middle Ear Effusion, Tympanic Membrane Perforation, Acute Otitis Media, Pneumococcal Infections
- Trial name
- NCT00310349
- Testing
- 23 valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Melbourne
Hearing Disorders
Middle-ear Reflex Testing Using Wideband Acoustic Immittance
This project will assess the middle-ear muscle reflex using wideband acoustic immittance which is a valuable method for evaluating infants, children, and adults.
- Trial name
- WAI-MEMR (NCT04875637)
- Testing
- WAI-MEMR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mimosa Acoustics
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Middle Ear Disease
Ph.D.-Project: Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
Background: The Eustachian Tube (ET) is a mucosa-lined connection between the nasopharynx and the middle ear cavity. It is believed to have three functions: 1) ventilation of and pressure equalization in the middle ear cavity, 2)…
- Conditions
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Middle Ear Disease, Hearing Loss, Conductive, Middle Ear Problem
- Trial name
- NCT05055115
- Testing
- Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Regional Hospital West Jutland
Hearing Loss, Functional
The Effectiveness of Over the Counter Hearing Products for Middle-Aged Adults
The investigators will examine the effectiveness of selected over-the-counter personal sound amplifiers in addressing functional hearing problems in middle-aged listeners with mild hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT03511417
- Testing
- over-the-counter hearing device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Upper Respiratory Infection
Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance: Specific Aim 2
This study will test the hypothesis that constitutionally poorer Eustachian tube function predisposes to middle-ear pathology during a viral upper respiratory infection.
- Trial name
- NCT00694421
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cuneyt M. Alper
Otitis Media
Genetics of Middle Ear Disease
The goal of this study is to identify the genes that contribute to susceptibility to recurrent/persistent middle ear disease. Five hundred families with at least 2 children who have undergone tympanostomy tube insertion will be…
- Trial name
- NCT00422136
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Emergence Agitation, Emergence Delirium, Anesthesia
Efficacy of Ultrasound-guided Greater Auricular Nerve Block in Preventing Postoperative Emergence Agitation in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Microscopic Middle Ear Surgery.
This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided greater auricular nerve block (GAN) on the reduction of emergence agitation (EA) occurrence and EA severity in children who are receiving general…
- Conditions
- Emergence Agitation, Emergence Delirium, Anesthesia, Emergence From Anesthesia, Emergence Delirium
- Trial name
- NCT07435675
- Testing
- ultrasound-guided greater auricular nerve block (GANB)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fayoum University
Middle Ear Disease
Improved Otologic Implants on Demand Intraoperatively With 3D CAD/CAM Autografts
Prospectively analyze the use of 3D subtraction CAD/CAM in the operating room environment. Study participants, requiring middle ear surgery and ossicular reconstruction, will be implanted with one of two middle ear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT03297736
- Testing
- 3D CAD/CAM autograft prosthesis, Control device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nitinetics LLC
Middle Ear Effusion, Tympanic Membrane Perforation
PneuMum: Pneumococcal Vaccination of Australian Indigenous Mothers
PneuMum is a randomised controlled trial that aims to find out if pneumococcal vaccination for Australian Indigenous mothers, in the last few months of pregnancy or at delivery, can prevent ear disease in infants.
- Conditions
- Middle Ear Effusion, Tympanic Membrane Perforation, Acute Otitis Media, Pneumococcal Infections
- Trial name
- PneuMum (NCT00714064)
- Testing
- 23vPPV, dTpa (Pneumovax, Boostrix)
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 227 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Menzies School of Health Research
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Hearing Disorders
FFP3 Respirators and Ears - Effects on Middle Ear Pressure and Hearing
This is Prospective Basic Science Study whose aims are as follows: 1. To determine the effect of Filtering Facepiece (FFP3M) respirators on eustachian tube function and hearing 2.
- Conditions
- Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Hearing Disorders, Nasal Obstruction
- Trial name
- FFP3-RAE (NCT05222230)
- Testing
- FFP3 Mask
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Otic Barotrauma, Pressure Injury
Diagnostic Precision and Accuracy Using the Teed Scoring System Versus the O'Neill Grading System
This validation study investigates the diagnostic precision and accuracy when grading otic barotrauma using two alternative gradings systems including the TEED and the OGS grading systems.
- Conditions
- Otic Barotrauma, Pressure Injury, Ear Injury, Barotitis
- Trial name
- OGS (NCT04726306)
- Testing
- Otic Barotrauma Grading System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Disorder of Middle Ear, Otosclerosis of Middle Ear
Objective Measurement of Ossicular Chain Mobility Using a Palpating Instrument Intraoperatively
Feasibility of the objective measurement of the ossicular chain mobility, by using a force-measuring device based on a fiber optics sensors (PalpEar).
- Conditions
- Disorder of Middle Ear, Otosclerosis of Middle Ear, Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear
- Trial name
- PalpEar (NCT02554422)
- Testing
- PalpEar
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sensoptic SA
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance -- Diagnosis of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
The aim of this study is to determine which of the many Eustachian tube function tests (or combination of tests) is most helpful in finding out what is causing ear problems in children and adult patients with middle-ear diseases…
- Trial name
- NCT01974726
- Testing
- ET Stress test, Sonotubometry, Forced Response Test (FRT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Normal Hearing, Conductive Hearing Loss, Middle Ear
The Wideband Acoustic Immittance Data in Thai Normal Hearing and Conductive Hearing Loss Adults
The goal of this descriptive study is to collect the wideband immittance data in Thai normal hearing and conductive hearing loss adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06251817
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 290 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khon Kaen University