Active clinical trials for "Hearing Loss, High-Frequency"

Considering the extent to which HAs play a role in sound perception and residual hearing preservation among patients with tinnitus and co-existing HL remains a lack of compelling extensive evidence, investigators designed this single-blind, 6-months randomized, controlled trial with two parallel groups. One is the HA treatment group, and the other is the waiting list control (WLC) group which receives no interventions during this period.

Difficulties understanding speech in noisy environments repeatedly coincide with high-frequency hearing loss. This complaint is commonly exhibited in adults in middle/older age who have a history of noise exposure. In this study, an immersive audiomotor training game will be utilized to drive improvements in speech intelligibility, controlled by an auditory memory training game. Physiological measures will be tracked that could inform clinical assessment of hearing in noise abilities.

The purpose of this study is to determine if adults and children with residual low-pitch hearing in the severe hearing loss range can develop improved speech perception by combining their residual acoustic hearing with electrical stimulation through a short cochlear implant. The low-pitches would be amplified with a hearing aid and the high-pitch sounds would be stimulated electrically.