Could a simple hearing aid quiet the ringing in your ears?
NCT ID NCT07489807
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether mild-gain hearing aids (boosting sound by about 8 decibels) can reduce the distress and loudness of tinnitus in adults with normal hearing. Fifteen participants will try both the active device and a placebo (no amplification) for three weeks each. The goal is to see if even a small amount of amplification can help quiet the ringing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Hearing aid with mild amplification (8dB gain from 1 Hz to 8 kHz)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug option to ease tinnitus annoyance for people with normal hearing.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 15 people. The benefit may be small or no better than a placebo, and results may not apply to everyone with tinnitus.
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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 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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: * Daily bothersome tinnitus for at least 3 months (TFI\>15) * Normal hearing (25 dB HL from 125 Hz to 8 kHz) * Inexperienced hearing aid user Exclusion Criteria: * Meniere's disease, Tosclerosis, Stapedectomy, Stapedotomy and Tympanoplasty * Objective or pulsatile tinnitus * Hearing thresholds \>25 dB from 125 Hz to 8 kHz
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hearing Systems Section
RECRUITINGLyngby, Denmark
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