Status:
RECRUITING
Fall Risk Assessment and Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Using In-ear Device
Lead Sponsor:
Stanford University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc
Conditions:
Hearing Loss
Dizziness
Eligibility:
All Genders
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate methods to use hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to assist in the assessment of fall risk and in the implemen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 55 years or older
- Bilateral hearing aid user
- Able to consent in English
- Having access to a phone capable of running the mobile app required for the study
- Screen for fall risk ("Yes" to any question: Feels unsteady when standing or walking? Worries about falling? Has fallen in past year? If the participant has fallen: how many times? were they injured/hurt?)
- Ambulatory without need for a wheelchair
Exclusion
- People with mobility restrictions (e.g., wheelchair bound) that would prevent the performance of the functional assessments.
- People with severe movement (e.g., Advanced Parkinson's disease) or cognitive (e.g., advanced dementia) disorders that would prevent the individual from either performing the functional assessments, or would lead to restricted activities that would prevent motion data from being collected according to the goal of the study.
- Inability to understand, consent, and complete requirements including verbal instructions and non-ambulatory/wheelchair-dependent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 23 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
350 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05365646
Start Date
May 23 2022
End Date
October 1 2026
Last Update
October 18 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Stanford Ear Institute
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94303