Sound Quality Comparisons With Different Hearing Aid Couplings and Venting Systems

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
• Interventions: Device: Audeo P90 hearing aid with custom earmolds using dynamic venting; Device: Audeo P90 hearing aid with Open domes; Device: Audeo P90 hearing aid with Vented domes

• Registration Number: NCT05180630
• Lead Sponsor: Sonova AG

Brief Summary

Participants will be comparing the sound quality of their own voice and the sound quality of streamed music using universal couplings and a custom earmold with a dynamic vent.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-05
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-06
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-28
• Study Completion: 2022-04-22
• Results First Submitted: 2023-04-12
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-06-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-09
• Results First Posted: 2023-06-28
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

• Mild to severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
• hearing must be symmetrical below 500 Hz
• must live within 30 miles of Aurora IL

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Vented domes, then Custom earmolds, then Open domes	Audeo P90 hearing aid with Open domes	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and vented domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using custom earmolds with dynamic venting, then fit with the same hearing aids using open domes.
Open domes, then Vented domes, then Custom earmolds	Audeo P90 hearing aid with Vented domes	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and open domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using vented domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using custom earmolds with dynamic venting.
Vented domes, then Custom earmolds, then Open domes	Audeo P90 hearing aid with custom earmolds using dynamic venting	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and vented domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using custom earmolds with dynamic venting, then fit with the same hearing aids using open domes.
Custom earmolds, then Open domes, then Vented domes	Audeo P90 hearing aid with Open domes	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and custom earmolds with dynamic venting, then fit with the same hearing aids using open domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using vented domes.
Open domes, then Vented domes, then Custom earmolds	Audeo P90 hearing aid with Open domes	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and open domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using vented domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using custom earmolds with dynamic venting.
Custom earmolds, then Open domes, then Vented domes	Audeo P90 hearing aid with custom earmolds using dynamic venting	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and custom earmolds with dynamic venting, then fit with the same hearing aids using open domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using vented domes.
Custom earmolds, then Open domes, then Vented domes	Audeo P90 hearing aid with Vented domes	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and custom earmolds with dynamic venting, then fit with the same hearing aids using open domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using vented domes.
Open domes, then Vented domes, then Custom earmolds	Audeo P90 hearing aid with custom earmolds using dynamic venting	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and open domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using vented domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using custom earmolds with dynamic venting.
Vented domes, then Custom earmolds, then Open domes	Audeo P90 hearing aid with Vented domes	Participants first fit with Audeo 90P hearing aids and vented domes, then fit with the same hearing aids using custom earmolds with dynamic venting, then fit with the same hearing aids using open domes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Own Voice Sound Quality Rating Scale	1 day	subjective rating on a scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) for sound quality of participant's own voice quality.
Sound Quality of Streamed Music Rating Scale	1 day	subjective rating on scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) for sound quality of streamed signal

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sonova US; 🇺🇸 Aurora, Illinois, United States