Can syncing a cochlear implant with a hearing aid help you hear better?
NCT ID NCT05898659
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two fitting methods for people who use a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the other. One method synchronizes the devices, the other does not. Researchers want to see if synchronization helps with sound localization and speech understanding in noise. Twenty adults with severe hearing loss will participate.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cochlear implant with tonotopy-based fitting, with or without synchronization with a hearing aid
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could improve how well people with hearing loss locate sounds and understand speech in noisy environments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefits of synchronization may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient (\>= 18 years old) speaking French * Patient who fulfils the criteria for cochlear implantation * Total hearing loss for less than 5 years Exclusion Criteria: * retro-cochlear pathology: auditory neuropathy, vestibular schwannoma * patient with residual hearing \< 70 dB hearing level (HL) at 250 Hz and 500 Hz and \< 80 dB HL at 1000 Hz on the contralateral ear
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Nice
RECRUITINGNice, 06103, France
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