New sound processor promises sharper hearing for implant users
NCT ID NCT06338670
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new sound processor, the Osia 3, against the current Osia 2 model in 12 adults with hearing implants. Participants completed hearing tests and rated sound quality with both devices. The goal was to see if the new processor improves speech understanding in noise and overall listening experience.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Osia 3 Sound Processor (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a better sound processor that improves hearing in noise and sound quality for people with certain types of hearing loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 12 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The new device may not offer meaningful improvements over the current model.
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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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12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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: * Implanted with a Cochlear Osia Implant (OSI100 or OSI200) * Conductive or mixed hearing loss in the implanted ear. Bone conduction threshold 4-frequency pure tone average (PTA4; mean of bone conduction thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz) ≤ 55 dB HL. OR Single-Sided Deafness in the implanted ear. Air Conduction threshold 4-frequency pure tone average (PTA4; mean of air conduction thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 kHz) ≤ 20 dB HL in the good ear. * Aged 18 years or older, at time of consent. * Minimum experience of 1 month with the Osia 2 Sound Processor. * Fluent speaker in the language used to assess speech perception performance. * Willing and able to provide written informed consent. * For voluntary visit Aqua+ in water only: Be comfortable with going into a swimming pool and putting head under water. Exclusion Criteria: * Sensitivity to loud sounds. * Ongoing infection at or around the sound processor area. * Unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the clinical investigation as determined by the Investigator. * Use of ototoxic drugs that could be harmful to the hearing, as judged by the investigator * Investigator site personnel directly affiliated with this study and/or their immediate families; immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling. * Cochlear employees or employees of Contract Research Organisations or contractors engaged by Cochlear for the purposes of this investigation. * Current participation, or participation in another interventional clinical study/trial in the past 30 days, involving an investigational drug or device (unless the other investigation was/is a Cochlear sponsored investigation and determined by the investigator or Sponsor to not impact this investigation).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The HEARing CRC
Melbourne, Victoria, 3053, Australia
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