Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Matt Bromwich

Code:

NCT02761798

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Automated Mobile Interactive Audiometer

Study Details

Brief summary:

This observational study aims to validate the use of a tablet based audiometer to provide an accurate, efficient, and cost-effective means for diagnosis of hearing conditions in controlled and uncontrolled environments in adult and elderly populations.

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Study ID

NCT02761798

Start date

Apr, 2016

Status verified date

Apr, 2018

Completion date

Dec, 2018

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2018

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • For Group I and II all adults over the age of 18 years who attend an Audiology clinic for conventional Audiometry at the Civic campus will be eligible for this study.
  • For Group III adults over the age of 18 years who attend ENT clinic but aren't undergoing conventional audiometric testing will be eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who self report being unable to play the iPad game.

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Automated Mobile Interactive Audiometer, Test Retest

Each participant will act as his/her own control. The iPad audiogram will be compared to the audiogram in sound booth or to a second iPad audiogram.

Automated Mobile Interactive Audiometer, Validation.

iPad testing will be compared to conventional audiometry in the sound booth.

Automated Mobile Interactive Audiometer, Speech Recognition

Testing with NU-6 word lists will be conducted by the iPad and by an audiologist in the sound booth.

Automated Mobile Interactive Audiometer, Cochlear Implant

Participants with cochlear implants will be tested using iPad against conventional audiometry (warble tone) in the sound booth.

Interventions

Automated Mobile Interactive Audiometer

iPad game

Primary outcome measure

  • Validate the use of an iPad audiometer for hearing testing in adults aged 18 and older in Ottawa, Canada. [ Time Frame: 8 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Debora L Hogan, M.Sc.N.

613-737-8899dhogan@ohri.ca

Locations

The Ottawa Hospital Civic and General Campuses

Recruiting

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y 4E9

More Information

Sponsor

Matt Bromwich

Last update posted

Apr 10, 2018

Last verified

Apr, 2018

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Matt Bromwich on 2018-04-10.