Understanding Individual Listening Strategies

Part of paid clinical trials in Evanston, Illinois.

Sponsor
Northwestern University
Study ID
NCT06962540
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 90 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Hearing aid with settings customized to match their individual listening strategy — DEVICE
    Behind-the-ear hearing aids that have been programmed based on the participant's individual listening strategy and hearing loss.
  • Hearing Aid with settings based on audiogram alone — DEVICE
    Behind-the-ear hearing aids that have been programmed based on their hearing loss and typical clinical settings.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if hearing aid settings that are customized to individual listening strategies result in better speech understanding than non-customized hearing aid settings. The main question it aims to answer is: Do customized hearing aid settings result in better speech understanding? Researchers will compare hearing aid settings that match individual listening strategy to a general setting. Participants will: Wear hearing aids for a 2-hour visit to our laboratory. Listen to some sentences in noise and repeat the sentences they hear, with two different hearing aid settings Listen to some sentences in noise and rate how understandable they think those sentences are, with two different hearing aid settings

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 18, 2025
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027
Completion
Jul 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Customized to match listening strategy First
    Participants in this arm will listen to hearing aid settings programmed to match their listening strategy first, then the general setting
  • Active Comparator: Not customized to match listening strategy First
    Participants will listen to hearing aid settings based only on their pure-tone thresholds first (general hearing aid settings), then ones programmed to match their listening strategies.

Primary Outcome Measure

Speech recognition [ Time Frame: Outcome measure is collected during the intervention, a two hour visit to the lab where they are wearing the hearing aids ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Northwestern UniversityEvanstonIllinois60208-

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