Recruiting

Hearing Aids

Sponsor:

Purdue University

Code:

NCT05568329

Conditions

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Hearing Aid Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

Normal-hearing participants aged 18-25 with and without musical training will listen to a series of short musical samples that have been recorded through hearing aids. The music will be played at a comfortable listening level. Subjects will use the computer to rate the sound quality of the music on a 7-point Likert scale.

Conditions

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Study ID

NCT05568329

Start date

Sep 21, 2022

Status verified date

Mar, 2023

Completion date

May 15, 2023

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 15, 2023

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Normal hearing (audiometric thresholds <= 20 dB HL, except one that may be 25 dB HL)
  • Native English speakers

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Hearing Aid Signal Processing

Each subject will listen to recordings of music processed by seven different hearing aid brands set to the default "Speech in Quiet" program and the default "Music" program. Recordings (hearing aid brand x program x music sample) will be randomized from trial to trial.

Interventions

Hearing Aid Program

Each subject will listen to recordings of music processed by seven different hearing aid brands set to the default "Speech in Quiet" program and the default "Music" program. Recordings (hearing aid brand x program x music sample) will be randomized from trial to trial.

Primary outcome measure

  • Sound Quality: Music Feature Activated vs. Deactivated [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Joshua Alexander, Ph.D.

17654944091alexan14@purdue.edu

Locations

Purdue University

Recruiting

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 47907

Contacts

Joshua Alexander, Ph.D.

765-494-4091alexan14@purdue.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Purdue University

Last update posted

Mar 29, 2023

Last verified

Mar, 2023

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Purdue University on 2023-03-29.