Improving Spatial Perception and Speech Understanding in Multitalker Mixtures

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Boston University Charles River Campus
Study ID
NCT05260307
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Hearing Loss

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 80 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • hearing aid condition — OTHER
    The intervention will be a hearing aid or a modification to the sound stimulus that simulates a hearing aid configuration, style, or processing strategy.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to investigate several approaches for improving spatial perception and speech intelligibility in multitalker listening situations for hearing-aid users. The hypotheses are that spatial perception and speech intelligibility will be improved by (1) increased high-frequency audibility, (2) speech envelope enhancement, and/or (3) appropriate sound image externalization.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 9, 2022
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2026
Completion
Nov 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
220 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Other: Experimental condition
    Participants will be presented with sound stimuli under a number of experimental conditions that simulate different hearing-aid conditions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Speech intelligibility at baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boston UniversityBostonMassachusetts02215
Virginia Best
[email protected]
617-353-2622
Virginia A Best, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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