Active clinical trials for "Deafness"

A bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) consists of a titanium implant located at the mastoid, and a sound processor connected with the implant. The sound processor delivers bone conducted stimuli to the cochlea, bypassing the outer and middle ear. Some patients who are unable to wear or do not benefit from a conventional air-conduction hearing aid, are candidate for a Baha. Typically, these patients suffer from a conductive or a mixed hearing loss. Recently however, Baha's are also being recommended in patients with unilateral deafness. Sound coming from the deaf side is captured and transmitted through bone conduction to the normal inner ear. The overall benefit of a Baha is more difficult to assess in those patients. Therefore, the goal of the current study is to examine the benefit of a Baha in patients with different audiological profiles (unilateral or bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss, and unilateral deafness). Special attention will be given to predictive determinants of the benefit with a Baha, and to the improvement of pre-operative criteria and counseling of patients.

In France the indication of bilateral cochlear implant (CI) is limited to specific cases. The impact on perception and language of bilateral CI simultaneous versus sequential has to be established before discussing the enlargement of indications.

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 Beta 6 (GJB6) Mutations. This study will follow the participant for 4 years with annual visits each year.

The primary objective to this study is to describe the auditory development and performance of young deaf children who receive bilateral implants during the first two years following device activation.

The purpose of this proposed study is to examine the benefits of using electropalatography (EPG) during speech therapy with adult individuals who are either congenitally deaf or adventitiously deaf and use a cochlear implant.

Hearing loss maybe: -Symmetrical: in which the severity and pattern of hearing loss are the same in each ear. Or -Asymmetrical: is defined as binaural difference in bone conduction thresholds of >10 dB at two consecutive frequencies or >20 dB at one frequency (0.25-8.0 kHz), Poorer speech perception will often accompany poorer hearing and may be the reason for the patient's presentation .Unilateral or asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss is important to discern, as it is an important risk factor for auditory nerve tumors (i.e. vestibular schwannoma) which is a life threatening condition, and in such cases further investigation is required (i.e. MRI scan) unless there is a known reason for the asymmetry, Several reports have recommended that further evaluation, especially expensive imaging studies, be conducted to rule out acoustic tumors when AHL is present

At present, few research on the auditory perception function and possible neural mechanisms of unilateral sudden hearing loss patients with complete or partial recovery of peripheral hearing.This project evaluate the speech perception function in noise of unilateral sudden hearing loss patients with with complete and partial hearing recovery by cognitive behavioral experiments, event-related potentials (ERPs) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and longitudinal follow-up to explore its underlying neural mechanisms.

Before they are born, babies are protected from hearing very loud noises by their mother's bodies. After delivery, they are exposed to many loud noises that are potentially harmful. These noises happen in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The purpose of this research project is to test the fit and the ease-of-use of a new device that may protect infant's hearing in the NICU.

Purpose: This study is a feasibility trial of an existing evidence-based behavioral parent training program with parents of preschool-aged children who were born deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). The hypotheses of this study are (a) that a randomized control trial of the Family Check Up with this population will be feasible, (b) parents will rate the intervention as acceptable, and (c) a signal of effect will be observable among intervention group parents compared to controls for the following outcome variables: child behaviors, parenting behaviors, and parenting sense of competence.

Previous research has proposed employing telehealth in hearing healthcare to improve clinical care and increase access to hearing services. Several studies have shown that hearing support can be carried out without in-person meetings and lead to significant benefits for hearing aid users. Interventions for persons with hearing impairment improve communication and improve outcomes more than hearing aid use alone. The first purpose of this study is needs-oriented and the second purpose is research-oriented. The needs-oriented purpose of this project is to, via a national website of health information and services for Sweden, provide needed online support to hearing aid users. The research-oriented purpose of this project is to document the effectiveness of the online support compared to traditional support that the Hearing Organization, provides ("standard care").