To investigate the effect of new hearing aid processing techniques on speech understanding and sound localization in bimodal listeners
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Brief title
Condition
- Hearing disorders
Synonym
Research involving
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
difference in sound localization and speech understanding in the different
experimental conditions compared to a baseline
Secondary outcome
-
Background summary
Hearing-impaired listeners with a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid
in the other ear continue to face significant challenges in daily life,
especially in sound localization or listening in noisy environments. We
hypothesize that hearing performance of this group can be improved by a better
fitting and programming of the hearing devices. These tehcniques could also be
beneficial for users of bilateral hearing aids.
Study objective
To investigate the effect of new hearing aid processing techniques on speech
understanding and sound localization in bimodal listeners
Study design
Acute tests with within-subject comparisons
Study burden and risks
The risks of this study are negligible. All experiments occur in an acute
setting and participants continue to wear their personal devices outside of the
experiments. We do not expect a direct benefit for the participants of this
study.
Toernooiveld 210
Nijmegen 6525 EC
NL
Toernooiveld 210
Nijmegen 6525 EC
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Group A (10 subjects): Wears a cochlear implant in 1 ear and has residual hearing contralateral ear
Group B (10 subjects): wears bilateral hearing aids and has auditory thresholds that fit cochlear implant eligibility criteria
Exclusion criteria
prelingual deafness
non-use of Hearing Aid
Design
Recruitment
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL67392.091.18 |