Active clinical trials for "Hearing Loss, Bilateral"

The clinical investigation is evaluating a new clinical model in a group of newly implanted subjects who have already been consented to CI surgery.

The purpose of this study is to assess listening effort during a speech-in-noise task in bone-anchored hearing systems (BAHS) users via pupillometry.

The purpose and objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the MET V System for the treatment of individuals with mixed hearing loss.

Main objective: Investigate how the FineHearing strategy of the MED-EL cochlear implant can extract prosody based solely on the frequency of the voice fundamental (F0) in speech Secondary objectives: Evaluate the time evolution of the results of prosodic tests Evaluate the time evolution of the results of differential frequency threshold test Evaluate the time evolution of vocal audiometric tests in silence and noise Evaluate the correlation between prosodic test results and frequency differential threshold results

Main objective: Show the superiority of Fine Structure (FS4) strategy compared to Continuous Interleaved Sampling (HDCIS) strategy on the qualitative preference for the listening of musical pieces. Secondary objectives Show the superiority of FS4 strategy compared to the HDCIS strategy on the perception of musical elements (contour test). Analyze the link between the results of musical perception tests and the subjective preference of musical listening. Show the non inferiority of FS4 strategy compared to the HDCIS strategy on the perception of speech elements. Analyze the link between the results of musical perception tests and the results of the perception of speech elements. Analyze the qualitative multidimensional perception with HDCIS and FS4

Despite being effective, the majority of people who would benefit from using hearing aids do not access them. For those who do obtain hearing aids, around 20% do not wear them regularly. People often do not use their hearing aids because they continue to experience difficulties when listening to and understanding speech in noisy situations. Conventional hearing aids must be programmed and adjusted by a trained audiologist with specialist equipment and therefore provide limited user-control over the hearing aid's functionality. In comparison to conventional hearing aids, Smartphone-connected hearing aids enable patients to adjust their programmes themselves in different situations using a Smartphone application. Smartphone-connectivity can supplement clinical practices, as patients can adjust their hearing aids without the need to visit the clinic. This has the potential to empower patients to be actively involved in their own hearing healthcare. A systematic review assessing the effectiveness of alternative listening devices showed that there is no published high-quality research assessing the clinical effectiveness of Smartphone-connected hearing aids. Furthermore, a usability research study has shown that patients want to personalise and adjust their own HA programmes to meet their individual needs. Having carried out the early development work, the next step would be to carry out a study to evaluate smartphone-connected hearing aids, in accordance with the MRC guidelines on developing and evaluating complex interventions. This study will assess the benefits of a smartphone application, eAdjust that has been developed for use with Phonak Audeo B90-Direct hearing aids. The eAdjust app connects to the hearing aid via Bluetooth, and enables hearing aid users to fine-tune their hearing aids via their smartphone. The benefits of the eAdjust app will be assessed in the real-world as well as in the laboratory. A mixed methods approach will be taken, using both behavioural and patient reported outcomes.

The reason for this study is to evaluate a new hearing aid product generation replacing the one on the market. The goal is to evaluate the audiological performance, usability as well as features and functions.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefit of bilateral implantation with bone-anchored hearing systems (BAHS), in terms of sound localization abilities, as well as auditory working memory. The hypothesis is that the use of two BAHS (bilateral condition) will not only improve localization abilities, but it will also increase the ability to retain words in working memory, compared to performance with only one BAHS (unilateral condition).

Main objective: Show the superiority of tonotopy based fitting strategy compared to default fitting strategy on the perception speech in noise. Secondary objectives: Show the superiority of tonotopy based fitting strategy compared to default fitting strategy on the perception of musical elements (contour test). Show the non inferiority of tonotopy based fitting strategy compared to default fitting strategy on the perception of speech elements in quiet. Show the superiority of tonotopy based fitting strategy compared to default fitting strategy on the qualitative preference for the listening of musical pieces.

A methodical evaluation of new CE-labelled Phonak Hearing Systems is intended to be conducted on hard of participants with a hearing loss to grant quality control prior to product launch. The aim of the investigation series is to ensure a stable overall performance of the new hearing systems, a good sound quality during phone calls as well as maximum benefit for the participant with the devices.