Chill out your tinnitus: cooling headband trial launches
NCT ID NCT07017998
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests whether a mild cooling device worn on the head for 30 minutes can reduce the severity of chronic tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Eighty adults with constant tinnitus will either receive the cooling therapy or a sham device. Researchers will measure changes in tinnitus loudness, awareness, and disturbance right after the session.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cold pack delivered via headband device (ReBound)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-invasive way to temporarily ease tinnitus symptoms without drugs or surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only a single 30-minute session. The effect may be small or no better than a placebo, and any relief may be short-lived.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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 to 55 years
- 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: * Adults 18-55 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form with primary complaint of tinnitus; * Suffering from subjective tinnitus for at least 30 days; * Tinnitus whose level of severity is defined by Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) values ≥12, * Tinnitus is constant in nature (defined as audible at least 75% of waking hours). Exclusion Criteria: * Very mild tinnitus (THI values \<12); * Tinnitus that is intermittent in nature; * Tinnitus described as non-auditory or pulsatile in nature; * Individuals with a history of vertigo or fluctuating hearing loss, such as that related to Menière's disease, chronic otitis, vestibular neuritis, neuroma, otosclerosis cholesteatoma, or temporomandibular joint disorder; * Individuals with a history of extreme sensitivity to cold or heat, including individuals with a past history of frostbite or Raynaud's Syndrome. * Those who are currently receiving medical, pharmacologic, or therapeutic intervention for tinnitus or other otologic conditions, including sound therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT), steroid injections, or other treatments; * Those who present with a mental health score indicating significant psychological component, per standard of care, based on PHQ-4 score of moderate to severe anxiety/depression. * Children (under 18 years), incarcerated individuals, adults unable to consent, and psychologically vulnerable participants.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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RestorEar Devices
RECRUITINGBozeman, Montana, 59715, United States
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