Actively Recruiting
Sound Perception Study of Hearing-impaired People With Hearing Aids
Led by Institut Pasteur · Updated on 2026-03-31
75
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
184 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
Institut Pasteur
Lead Sponsor
I
Institut de l'Audition
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of the ETERNEL project will be to study the influence of the perception of a single sound timbre on the understanding of a complex sound scene in hearing-impaired people with hearing aids. This will be done by quantifying the inability to manage a complex sound scene as a function of the timbre of the sounds making it up. The more a sound interferes with understanding the complex sound scene, the more salient that sound is considered to be. In this way, the investigators can determine which timbre dimensions make sounds particularly salient for the hearing impaired.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Sound Perception Study of Hearing-impaired People With Hearing Aids
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age between 60 and 75 years
- Native French speaker
- Provided consent to participate in the study
- Have an active social life or hobbies that stimulate cognitive abilities
- MOCA score above 26
- No dysfunction of the tympano-ossicular system
- Normal results in voice in noise audiometry
- For hearing-impaired participants: pure tone audiometry showing N3 or N4 type audiograms symmetrical between both ears
- Hearing-impaired participants report problems with abnormally prominent sounds
- For normal-hearing participants: pure tone audiometry showing less than 30 dBHl hearing loss
You will not qualify if you...
- Under guardianship or curatorship
- Deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision or under legal protection
- History or consequences of ear infection or ENT disease that permanently affects hearing or balance (including vestibular schwannoma, M�E9ni�E8re's disease, sudden or fluctuating deafness, congenital hypoacusis)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
CeRIAH
Paris, France
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Céline Quinsac
CONTACT
A
Armand Schwarz
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
2
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