New sound tweak helps hearing aid users catch tricky consonants
NCT ID NCT05599165
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new way to process sound to help people with hearing loss understand speech better, especially tricky consonant sounds. Forty adults who use both a cochlear implant and a hearing aid (bimodal users) listened to consonants processed in different ways. The goal was to see if boosting helpful sound parts or removing confusing ones could improve how well they heard.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Oct 2021
- Finished
-
Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 to 74 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: The proposed work requires the following qualifications to be met: * be age from 18-74 years old, * be native speakers of American English, * be post-lingually deafened in both ears, * be healthy enough to manipulate a computer mouse and read information on a computer monitor, and * have at least 1-year of bimodal use prior to initiation of study participation to account for continuous improvement.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Hearing loss, sensorineural are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Baylor University
Waco, Texas, 76798, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Turmeric compound tested against the ringing in millions of ears
- Hearing loss in children may hide a balance problem, and doctors are testing for it
- Could talking it out boost hearing aid success?
- Is hearing loss becoming a bigger cause of disability? a national study digs into the data
- Can an antiviral drug protect hearing in infants with congenital CMV?
- Can a custom sound map unlock better hearing for cochlear implant users?