New study tracks Real-World hearing device outcomes
NCT ID NCT05668338
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is gathering information from 100 children and adults who use MED-EL hearing devices, including implants and non-implantable devices. Researchers will collect data on hearing ability, speech understanding, and quality of life through tests and questionnaires. The goal is to learn more about how these devices perform in everyday life.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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.
Who is studied
No study population defined
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * For children and adults receiving an implant: Subjects submitted or planned to be submitted to unilateral or bilateral implantation, using simultaneous or sequential procedures. * For children and adults receiving a non-implantable device: Subjects submitted or planned to be submitted to unilateral or bilateral treatment with a non-implantable device from MED-EL. * Unilateral, bilateral or bimodal users (children and adults) of cochlear implants (CIs), electric-acoustic devices, bone conduction implants, middle ear implants or any other implantable or non-implantable hearing solution from MED-EL. * Signed written informed consent for data collection for Registry purposes. Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of compliance with any inclusion criteria. * Anything that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would place the subject at increased risk or preclude the subject's full compliance with or completion of the Registry procedures
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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
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg
RECRUITINGOldenburg, 26122, Germany
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Katholisches Klinikum Bochum
RECRUITINGBochum, 44787, Germany
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie "Otto Körner"
RECRUITINGRostock, 18057, Germany
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Klinikum der Universität München Campus Großhadern
RECRUITINGMünchen, 81377, Germany
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Sektion Otologie und Neuro-Otologie UNI-Klinikum Heidelberg
RECRUITINGHeidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Universitätsklinik Carl Gustav Carus - Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde
RECRUITINGDresden, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- u. Ohrenheilkunde, Plastische Operationen
RECRUITINGTübingen, 72076, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum der Goethe-Universität
RECRUITINGFrankfurt, 60590, Germany
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