Clinical trials: Hearing Aids
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, Sensorineural
Standard Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) Study WSA 2025
The purpose of the study is to follow-up on a released low-risk device as part of standard PMCF activities.
- Trial name
- NCT06986499
- Testing
- Hearing Aid Widex SmartRIC MRRLD 440, Own hearing aid
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- WSAUD A/S
Hearing Loss
Clinical Investigation and Validation of a Self-fitted Air-conduction Hearing Aid
Approximately 48 million people in the United States have hearing loss or hearing difficulties in noisy environments. Concha Inc.
- Trial name
- NCT06167161
- Testing
- Hearing aid
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Concha Inc.
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
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Quality Control of CE-Certified Phonak Hearing Aids - 2017_37
Phonak Hearing Systems pass through different development and study stages. At an early stage, feasibility studies are conducted to investigate new algorithms, features and functions in an isolated manner.
- Trial name
- NCT03379766
- Testing
- Successor of Phonak Audéo B-Direct, Phonak Audéo B-Direct
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Congenital Hearing Loss Secondary to Biallelic Mutations in the Otoferlin Gene (OTOF), Biallelic Mutations in the Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) Gene
A Natural History Study in Pediatric Participants With Hearing Loss Due to OTOF, GJB2, or GJB2/GJB6 Mutations
This is an observational study to examine the characteristics of gene-related hearing loss in pediatric participants with biallelic otoferlin (OTOF) Mutations, Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) Mutations, or Digenic GJB2/Gap Junction…
- Conditions
- Congenital Hearing Loss Secondary to Biallelic Mutations in the Otoferlin Gene (OTOF), Biallelic Mutations in the Gap Junction Beta 2 (GJB2) Gene, Digenic Mutations in GJB2/Gap Junction Beta 6 (GJB6) Genes
- Trial name
- ENSEMBLE (NCT06019481)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Hearing Loss
Measuring Comfort and Clarity With Low Gain Feature in Pediatric Hearing Aid Users
Comfort and clarity of speech will be measured in hearing impaired children age 8-17 using standard speech processing algorithm with a soft speech enhancer feature, referred to as the Adaptive Situational Gain (ASG) feature in…
- Trial name
- NCT05150964
- Testing
- Phonak Audeo hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss, Bone Anchored Hearing Aids
Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes of Ponto Procedures Performed in Settings Outside the Main Operating Room (i.e. Out-of-OR)
This study is a combined retro- and prospective, single arm, multicentre investigation designed to follow clinical practice for Ponto-implantations performed out of OR.
- Trial name
- NCT06930781
- Testing
- Ponto implantation
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Brazil and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Oticon Medical
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Standard Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) Study WSA 2026
The purpose of the study is to follow-up on a released low-risk device as part of standard PMCF activities.
- Trial name
- NCT07667140
- Testing
- In-the-Ear Hearing Aid, Own hearing aid
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- WSAUD A/S
Hearing Loss
Hearing Aid Performance Study for Different Spatial Configurations
This clinical investigation will extend the evaluation of perception of speech in different listening environments with hearing aids available on the market (from Phonak).
- Trial name
- NCT05284903
- Testing
- Beamformer Benefit: Speech intelligibility and Listening effort, Speech Enhancer benefit: Speech intelligibility, Listening effort and Subjective Speech intelligibility, Hearing aid benefit: Speech intelligibility in noise (unaided vs aided condition)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss
Clinical Trial Evaluating Outcomes of Self-Fit and Professionally Fit Hearing Aids
Approximately 48 million people in the United States have hearing loss or hearing difficulties in noisy environments. Whisper.ai Inc has previously brought to market a commercial hearing aid system that reduces background noise…
- Trial name
- NCT05527730
- Testing
- Comparison of PRO-FIT or SELF-FIT fitting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Whisper.ai
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, Bilateral or Unilateral
Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Lip-reading in Patients With Hearing Aids: SCED Study
This study aims to investigate whether lip reading rehabilitation improves viseme recognition in individuals with hearing impairments who use hearing aids.
- Trial name
- SCEDuLL (NCT07028658)
- Testing
- Speechreading training
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
Hearing Loss
Compression Headphone Study
The stimuli consist of speech in quiet, speech in noise, reverberant speech, and music recorded with different hearing aid settings, post-processed for headphone presentation and incorporated in an online sound survey.
- Trial name
- NCT04882709
- Testing
- Recording with hearing aid
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Conductive Hearing Loss
Comparison of a New Bone Conduction Hearing System to a Osteo-integrated Bone Conduction Hearing Aid on a Softband
Main objectives The first main objective is to evaluate the non-inferiority of the ADHEAR system compared to the PONTO 3 SUPERPOWER softband system in terms of average tonal gain.
- Trial name
- NCT03541967
- Testing
- ADHEAR and PONTO 3 SUPER POWER on softband hearing aids
- Sponsor
- MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Hearing Loss, Adult-Onset, Hearing Aid
Evaluation of Performances, Clinical Benefits and Safety of the 'Audiocap' Connected Hearing Rehabilitation Device for Improving Audibility in Hearing-impaired People in the Context of CE Marking - AUDIOCAP-2
The goal of this clinical trial is the evaluation of performances, clinical benefits and safety of the 'Audiocap' connected hearing rehabilitation device for improving audibility in hearing-impaired people.
- Trial name
- AUDIOCAP-2 (NCT07252492)
- Testing
- Audiocap connected hearing aid
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Archean Technologies
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral
Benefits of Bimodal Streaming With MED-EL Cochlear Implants and Starkey Hearing Aids
This study will evaluate sound quality and user satisfaction with Bluetooth streaming using a new bimodal streaming option for individuals who use a MED-EL cochlear implant and Starkey hearing aid.
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Bilateral, Cochlear Implant Recipients, Asymmetric Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- NCT07028619
- Testing
- Bimodal Streaming Configuration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Med-El Corporation
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Evaluation of Hearing Aid Benefit
The present study will investigate the benefit of hearing aids for speech intelligibility (in both quiet and noisy environments) compared to the unaided condition.
- Trial name
- NCT05198713
- Testing
- New hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Quality Control of CE-Certified Phonak Hearing Aids - 2018_28
Phonak Hearing Systems pass through different development and study stages. At an early stage, feasibility studies are conducted to investigate new algorithms, features and functions in an isolated manner.
- Trial name
- NCT03718975
- Testing
- Successor of Phonak Audéo B90, Phonak Audéo B90
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
Hearing Impairment
Clinical Evaluation of the Nuance Audio Hearing Aid in Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Difficulties
The research will produce clinical effectiveness performance metrics using standardised procedures of the Nuance Audio hearing device.
- Trial name
- NCT07100522
- Testing
- Hearing aid in spectacle frame form factor, hearing aid
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Luxottica Group S.p.A.