Speech Intelligibility in Quiet and Noise for New vs. Legacy Hearing Aids

Starkey

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss, Sensorineural

Treatments

Device: Legacy Receiver-in-Canal Device

Device: New Receiver-in-Canal Device

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT05101083

PR 21001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical investigation is designed to compare audiological performance (i.e., measurements of sound quality and speech understanding) between Starkey's new receiver-in-canal device and a commercially available legacy receiver-in-canal device.

Full description

Starkey is investigating a new hearing aid with several new audiological features. These features have been assessed for benefit, individually, but this clinical investigation will serve as a test for safety and efficacy with all hearing aid features, together. The design of this study is a single-blinded, crossover design and will be conducted at Starkey's headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN.

Enrollment

34 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 99 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults, minimum age of 18
Native English speakers
Ability to complete questionnaires and laboratory assessments
Symmetric, mild to moderately-severe sensorineural hearing loss
Informed consent completed with signature

Exclusion criteria

Inability to visit the Starkey Headquarters building for testing
Central or middle ear hearing problems
Medical contraindications to wearing hearing aids
Learning disability, major cognitive handicap, or serious neurological or psychiatric disease that would prevent or restrict participation, as determined by the PI or designee