Cochlear implant users train with music to boost hearing and enjoyment
NCT ID NCT04099368
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether musical pitch training can improve music appreciation and hearing in people with cochlear implants. 120 teenage and adult implant users took part, with some receiving musical training and others visual training as a comparison. The goal was to understand how music perception develops after hearing is partially restored.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Musical pitch training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that musical training helps cochlear implant users enjoy music more and possibly improve speech understanding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study focused on understanding, not a treatment. Results may not apply to all implant users or lead to a clear benefit.
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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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120 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- 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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13 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Teenage and adult cochlear implant users Exclusion Criteria: * Children younger than 13
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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