RoboHear™ Device: Advanced Haptic Technology That Allows the Deaf to Understand Speech

University of Arkansas

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Hearing Impairment; Deafness

Treatments: Device: RoboHear Device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03966144

228355

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study to test the feasibility of translating the English language into haptics (touch sensations)

Full description

An adaptive pilot trial of RoboHear™ hardware and software to test the feasibility of learning to understand language using a haptic (touch) device installed in the stem of a pair of glasses. These tests are not meant to be exhaustive but will validate the hardware and software and provide an informal test platform for learning to 'hear' or interpret sounds and words using haptic technology.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants need to understand English.
• Participants must be able to sit at a computer for the training and evaluation session. The session may range from one hour to up to 4 hours in length (with breaks provided as needed).

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to understand English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Device Feasibility

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

RoboHear Device

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will wear the Robo-Hear device and receive haptic stimuli. They will be tested on their ability to interpret these haptic sensations as sounds and words.

Treatment:

Device: RoboHear Device