Hearing Aids and the Brain
| Status: | Enrolling by invitation |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Other Indications |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 50 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/14/2019 |
| Start Date: | March 22, 2018 |
| End Date: | September 30, 2024 |
Hearing aids are being fit on inexperienced hearing aid users and the short-term and
long-term effects are measured. This research aims to improve understanding of the individual
factors that contribute to receiving benefit from hearing aids and lead to more
individualized treatment of hearing loss.
long-term effects are measured. This research aims to improve understanding of the individual
factors that contribute to receiving benefit from hearing aids and lead to more
individualized treatment of hearing loss.
Hearing aids are used to improve audibility for patients with hearing loss and improve speech
perception. In addition to these immediate benefits, amplification has the potential to have
long-term effects on higher level auditory processing abilities, such as cognition or other
abilities required for complex listening tasks. These long-term acclimatization effects are
not well understood and merit further behavioral and physiological examination. Hearing aids
will be fit on inexperienced hearing aid users and outcome measures will be used to determine
immediate and long-term effects of hearing aids. This research may provide a more detailed
view of individual differences that contribute to receiving benefit from a hearing aid and
may lead to more individualized treatment of hearing loss.
perception. In addition to these immediate benefits, amplification has the potential to have
long-term effects on higher level auditory processing abilities, such as cognition or other
abilities required for complex listening tasks. These long-term acclimatization effects are
not well understood and merit further behavioral and physiological examination. Hearing aids
will be fit on inexperienced hearing aid users and outcome measures will be used to determine
immediate and long-term effects of hearing aids. This research may provide a more detailed
view of individual differences that contribute to receiving benefit from a hearing aid and
may lead to more individualized treatment of hearing loss.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 50 years of age or older
- Bilateral, mild to moderately severe hearing loss
- Inexperienced hearing aid users
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject deciding that they do not wish to wear hearing aids as necessitated per study
protocol
- Audiometric thresholds that suggest research stimuli would not be audible
- Conductive hearing loss and/or other significant ear or hearing problems
- Non-native English speakers
- Conditions or circumstances that would preclude a participant from wearing hearing
aids consistently or finishing the study
- An inability to perform or complete the experimental tasks
We found this trial at
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Portland, Oregon 97201
Principal Investigator: Curtis J. Billings, PhD
Phone: 503-220-8262
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