Optimization of Music Compression

NCT ID: NCT02373228

Last Updated: 2015-10-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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Hearing impaired persons suffer from inferior music perception with and without hearing aids. Hearing aids, however, are primarily designed to improve speech intelligibility not music enjoyment. This study investigates the potential benefit of signal processing strategies that are optimized for music. The purpose of this study is to improve music compression for hearing impaired people.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Compressive signal processing algorithm

Participants compare music signals with preprocessing to the same music signals without compressive preprocessing.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Audio signal processing (applied offline before playback)

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Audio signal processing (applied offline before playback)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female and male adults between 18 and 99 years
* German-speaking
* Symmetric, mild to severe, ski-slope hearing loss
* Binaural hearing aid user without frequency lowering
* Informed Consent as documented by signature

Exclusion Criteria

* Have taken part in a study at Phonak within 4 months prior to the first session
* People with mental-health problems
* People whose audiogram is older than 12 months and it is not possible make a reliable measurement
* Very limited motor activity or mobility
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Phonak AG, Switzerland

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Phonak AG

Staefa, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

References

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Kirchberger M, Russo FA. Dynamic Range Across Music Genres and the Perception of Dynamic Compression in Hearing-Impaired Listeners. Trends Hear. 2016 Feb 10;20:2331216516630549. doi: 10.1177/2331216516630549.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26868955 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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KEK-ZH 2014-0520

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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