"Nuance Hearing" for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Nuance Hearing

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Device: Nuance Phone case

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03902015

NuanceADHD pilot

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the current study is to examine whether the ability to avoid irrelevant auditory stimuli and focus hearing, enabled by the device developed by "Nuance Hearing", may help students with ADHD in classroom listening situations by significantly reducing background distractions.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 14 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM IV)
• Have fulfilled the "Test of variables of attention"
• with normal hearing

Exclusion criteria

• Moderate to severe co-morbid psychiatric disorders
• Neurological chronic disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Nuance Phone case

Experimental group

Description:

"Nuance Hearing" has developed a technology enabling focused hearing. The Selective Noise Cancellation (SNC) technology consists of an advanced beam-forming algorithm that tones down the ambient sound by up to 15 decibels (dB) in order to focus on a primary audio source. The device consists of a special phone case(for iPhone) containing microphone array. Controlling the direction of focus is enabled through the use of a designated app. The user can place the phone case on his/hers table and can choose the direction of preferred listening, without having to ask the talker to hold the device.

Treatment:

Device: Nuance Phone case