Clinical trials: Hearing Aid
Skin Infection
The Use of Medical Grade Honey in the Prevention of Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Associated Skin Breakdown
Postoperative medicinal grade honey in post-operative care may prevent bone anchored hearing aid associated skin breakdown better than standard care of bacitracin ointment alone in adult patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03929224
- Testing
- Medicinal honey, Bacitracin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Hearing Aid Signal Processing Comparative Study
Participants will be fit with each of two hearing instruments in an ABA cross-over design. The study will consist of a total of three approximately 10-day home trials with the devices.
- Trial name
- NCT04839289
- Testing
- Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument; Manufacturer A, Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument; Manufacturer B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Aids
Investigations of Ear Tip Performance, Perceptions, and Experiences
Normal hearing participants will be fit with a hearing aid and different types of customized earmolds. Hearing aids will be programmed to a simulated mild, flat, sensorineural hearing loss of 30 dB HL from 250-8000Hz.
- Trial name
- IETPPE (NCT05725824)
- Testing
- BTE hearing aid with compatible earmolds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Open-source Hearing Aid Platform Comparisons
New discoveries for hearing loss intervention are often impeded by the proprietary nature of commercial hearing aids and their use in scientific research as "black boxes".
- Trial name
- COSP-1 (NCT05693610)
- Testing
- Portable OSP, Cloud-based OSP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural
Auditory Training and Hearing Aid Satisfaction
Although hearing aids are the most common treatment for hearing loss, and have the potential to help seniors stay active and productive, almost 50% of them who receive hearing aids rarely if ever use them, a state of affairs…
- Trial name
- ATandHAs (NCT04230876)
- Testing
- Auditory Brian Training Games/Activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Hearing Loss
Effect of Hearing Aid Labeling on Speech Understanding Measures
New and experienced hearing aid users will be fit with two hearing devices. One will be labeled as an OTC (Over-The-Counter) device, the other will be labeled as a Prescriptive (i.e. professionally fit) device.
- Trial name
- NCT05274178
- Testing
- Audeo P hearing aid labeled as "Prescriptive", Audeo P hearing aid labeled as "OTC"
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss
Comparison of Hearing Aid Fitting Outcomes Between Self-fit and Professional Fit for MDHearing Smart Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are commonly used to help people with hearing loss hear better in daily listening environments. MDHearing Smart hearing aids are designed to use the MDHearing app to adjust hearing aids to each individual's hearing…
- Trial name
- NCT05165121
- Testing
- MDHearing smart hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MDHearingAid
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
Hearing Loss
Lab Evaluation of Novel Hearing Aid Coupling Method
Evaluation of different hearing aid coupling methods including two states of a novel coupling method and two traditional coupling methods.
- Trial name
- NCT05377359
- Testing
- Recordings of Hearing Aids with Open Domes, Recordings of Hearing Aids with Closed Domes, Recordings of Hearing Aids with Novel State 1
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Aids and Listening Effort
The aim of this proposed project is to understand whether direct to consumer (DTC) hearing aids programmed to individual hearing losses, can reduce listening effort for effective communication.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Bilateral
- Trial name
- NCT05855005
- Testing
- DTC Hearing Aids
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
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
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of New Fitting Characteristics for Extended Wear Hearing Aid Technology
Two groups of hearing aid candidates will be fit with extended wear technology. One group will be fit with the commercially available models, and the other group will be fit with either the commercially available model or a new…
- Trial name
- NCT05274165
- Testing
- Lyric Hearing Aid- Experimental Design, Lyric Hearing Aid- Commercially Available
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Impairment, Hearing Aid Fitting
Blast Exposed Veterans With Auditory Complaints
The purpose of this study is to study blast-exposed Veterans who report hearing handicap but show normal or near normal results on standard audiometric testing.
- Trial name
- NCT02122458
- Testing
- mild-gain hearing aids with high-frequency emphasis over 6-months
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 363 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hearing Loss
fNIRS, Listening Effort, and Motivation
The purpose of the current study is to measure oxygenation in the PFC using fNIRS in a sample of older adults with hearing loss.
- Trial name
- NCT05893992
- Testing
- Hearing aids with noise management features for listening in noise, Hearing aid for listening in quiet environments
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
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, Sensorineural
Sound Quality Comparisons With Different Hearing Aid Couplings and Venting Systems
Participants will be comparing the sound quality of their own voice and the sound quality of streamed music using universal couplings and a custom earmold with a dynamic vent.
- Trial name
- NCT05180630
- Testing
- Audeo P90 hearing aid with custom earmolds using dynamic venting, Audeo P90 hearing aid with Open domes, Audeo P90 hearing aid with Vented domes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Impairment
Wide-Bandwidth Open Canal Hearing Aid For Better Multitalker Speech Understanding
Our goal is to design and build a new hearing aid system, which mitigates the most common complaints that hearing aid users have.
- Trial name
- NCT00582946
- Testing
- Hearing Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- EarLens Corporation
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
Hearing Loss, Presbycusis
Predicting Success With Hearing Aids
The primary complaint of individuals with hearing loss is difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Although hearing aids help individuals understand speech in background noise better, there is a high…
- Trial name
- NCT00371449
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Loss
Hearing Aid Quality and Reliability Study
Quality and reliability study of hearing aid. Adults with mild to severe hearing loss will wear hearing aids daily for approximately 3 months.
- Trial name
- NCT04995666
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG