Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Effects of Asymmetries on Binaural-Hearing Abilities Across the Lifespan
Lead Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Conditions:
Aging
Hearing Loss
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Binaural hearing involves combining auditory information across the ears. With binaural hearing, listeners benefit from perceiving sounds from different spatial locations. This is critical in solving ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adults (18-80 years)
- No hearing asymmetry between ears (≤10 dB at any frequency) or, hearing asymmetry between ears \>10 dB
- Native English speakers
- Primarily use oral language
- Sufficient corrected or uncorrected visual acuity (20/50 or better) to read large-font text
Exclusion
- Acoustic tone-detection threshold \>50 dB HL at any octave frequency (250-4000 Hz) in either ear (i.e., more than a moderate hearing loss)
- History of neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's disease) determined by self-report
- History of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury determined by self-report
- Possibility of acoustic neuroma, hearing asymmetry (\>10 dB at three consecutive audiometric threshold frequencies)
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score \<22/30
- No oral language use
- Cochlear implant user
- Conductive hearing loss
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 17 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06953700
Start Date
June 17 2024
End Date
May 1 2026
Last Update
May 1 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, Maryland, United States, 20742