Sonova AG
Noise reduction preferences and blue tooth access to hearing aid streaming features will be evaluated in experienced hearing aid users age 10-17.
Hearing Loss
Phonak Hearing Aid
Not Applicable
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preferences for hearing aid noise reduction settings in users age 10 -17, as well as to evaluate preferences for accessing the hearing aid Bluetooth streaming programs for this population. Subjective preferences will be obtained by having the participants listen to a noisy scene with different levels of noise reduction, to which they are blinded, and rate their preference. Blinded objective speech performance testing will be completed by a) finding the signal-to-noise ratio at which participant can correctly repeat back 50% of the target words, and b) measuring the percent of words correctly repeated during a noisy listening task. These tasks will be done using different levels of noise reduction. Subjective preferences for accessing Bluetooth streaming will also be obtained by asking participants which method they prefer (phone, hearing aid, or touch control). .}}
| Study Type : | Interventional |
| Estimated Enrollment : | 18 participants |
| Masking : | None (Open Label) |
| Masking Description : | Participants will be blinded as to which noise reduction setting they are listening to during lab visit objective testing only. |
| Primary Purpose : | Treatment |
| Official Title : | Noise Reduction Preferences in Teenagers and Pre-teens |
| Actual Study Start Date : | February 23, 2023 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 30, 2023 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 30, 2023 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Experimental Participants will be fit with a commercially available hearing aid and tested using various strengths of the noise reduction feature. |
Device: Phonak Hearing Aid |
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 10 Years to 17 Years |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232