HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL

This study tested a smartphone app designed to help adults with cochlear implants manage their hearing devices from home. The app allows users to update settings, run system checks, and create backups, potentially reducing the need for frequent in-person clinic visits. Researcher…

This study tested whether a person's thinking skills affect how well their hearing aids work. Researchers wanted to see if adjusting hearing aid features based on a user's cognitive profile could improve their ability to understand speech and reduce listening effort. They tested …

This study tested a new type of cochlear implant that is completely implanted under the skin, with no external parts. It involved 30 adults with significant hearing loss to see if the device could improve their ability to understand speech compared to before surgery. Researchers …

This study tested a new robotic system designed to help surgeons place cochlear implants more precisely in children with hearing loss. It involved 20 children under 12 years old who were candidates for cochlear implant surgery. The main goal was to check if the robotic system was…

This study tested a new device called CochSyn, which aims to detect a specific type of hearing loss called cochlear synaptopathy earlier than the standard hearing test. Researchers enrolled 65 adults, some with self-reported hearing difficulties and some without, to see if the de…

This study tested different sound settings on existing cochlear implants to see which ones help people understand speech better, especially in noisy places. Twenty adults who already had cochlear implants tried four different sound programs. Researchers measured how well particip…

This study tested a new sound processing method to help people who use a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the other (called bimodal hearing) understand speech better. Researchers worked with 40 adults to identify which parts of speech sounds are most helpful and w…

This study tested whether hearing aids fitted using a web app provide the same level of benefit as those fitted using the standard clinic method. It involved 28 adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Participants tried both types of fittings to see if they could tell a differ…

This study tested a new Bluetooth feature that lets people stream audio directly from their phone to both a MED-EL cochlear implant and a Starkey hearing aid at the same time. Ten participants who use both devices tried the feature for one week. The main goal was to see if this n…

This study aimed to see if people who already use a specific brand of cochlear implant liked a newer model of its external sound processor better. Twenty experienced users tried the new device at home and answered a survey comparing its design and ease of use to their current one…

This study tested a new mobile app feature designed to help people with cochlear implants adjust their hearing devices more easily. Twenty experienced cochlear implant users tried the app both at home and in the clinic to see if it could accurately measure how loud different soun…

This study aimed to find out if hearing aid settings should be customized based on a person's memory abilities, especially in realistic, noisy environments. Researchers tested 42 adults with hearing loss to see how different hearing aid features worked for people with different m…