In Field Performance of a Hearing Aid Transducer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing Loss
• Interventions: Device: Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument

• Registration Number: NCT04787055
• Lead Sponsor: Sonova AG

Brief Summary

Study participants will be fit with previously released receiver-in-canal (RIC) hearing instruments. Participants will be asked to wear the instruments in their daily life for a minimum of 3 months, but have the option to continue to wear devices for six months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-08-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-03
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-08
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-30
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Results First Submitted: 2023-03-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-31
• Results First Posted: 2023-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

• Mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss
• Adult

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability or unwillingness to wear study devices for extended period of time.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Receiver in the canal hearing instrument 3 month	Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument	Group of subjects who will get the receiver in the canal hearing instrument and wear for period of three months.
Receiver in the canal hearing instrument 6 month	Receiver-in-canal hearing instrument	Group of subjects who will get the receiver in the canal hearing instrument and wear for period of six months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective Satisfaction of Hearing Aid Performance in Noisy Environments	Six months after initial appointment	Subject rates how satisfied they are with performance of hearing aid while listening in noisy environments. Ratings range from 1 (very dissatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied) with 3 = Neither satisfied or dissatisfied.
Subjective Satisfaction of Hearing Aid Performance While Listening to Streamed Media	Six months after initial appointment	Subject rates how satisfied they are with performance of hearing aid when listening to a streamed signal (i.e. music, video, etc.) Ratings range from 1 (very dissatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied) with 3 = Neither satisfied or dissatisfied.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Phonak Audiology Research Center; 🇺🇸 Aurora, Illinois, United States