Speech Understanding and Listening Effort Benefits of Hearing Instruments

NCT ID: NCT07116135

Last Updated: 2025-08-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-05

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the benefits of hearing instrument use in adults with hearing loss. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does hearing instrument use improve speech understanding and listening effort amount people with hearing loss? Researchers will compare varying models of hearing instruments to see how speech understanding and listening effort are impacted.

Participants will be asked to wearing varying hearing instruments and participate in lab-based activities to evaluate their speech understanding, listening effort, and subjective preference.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hearing Loss, Bilateral

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

The participant will not know which condition they are being tested in, but all participants will be given the same intervention and not blinded to the intervention.

Study Groups

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Hearing instrument users

Individuals with hearing impairment will be fit with three different models of hearing instruments. They will all be fit with the same hearing instruments, although they will not be aware which model they are using at the time of testing.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

hearing instruments

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants will be fit with three different models of hearing instruments.

Interventions

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hearing instruments

Participants will be fit with three different models of hearing instruments.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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hearing aids

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult 18-95 years
* N3 or N4 hearing loss
* Experienced hearing aid user
* English fluency
* Cognitively able to complete complex listening tasks

Exclusion Criteria

* Outside of specified age range
* Vulnerable populations
* Hearing within normal limits or otherwise not appropriate for hearing instruments under study
* Inability to read, write, or speak English
* Inability to complete complex listening tasks
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

95 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of South Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sonova AG

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of South Florida Auditory Neurosciences & Technology Lab

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Study Coordinator

Role: CONTACT

813-974-4148

Facility Contacts

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Study Coordinator

Role: primary

813-974-4148

Other Identifiers

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SRF-22934 STUDY7873

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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