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Speech Understanding and Listening Effort Benefits of Hearing Instruments

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Who can join

Ages 18 to 95 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult 18-95 years
* N3 or N4 hearing loss
* Experienced hearing aid user
* English fluency
* Cognitively able to complete complex listening tasks

Exclusion Criteria:

* Outside of specified age range
* Vulnerable populations
* Hearing within normal limits or otherwise not appropriate for hearing instruments under study
* Inability to read, write, or speak English
* Inability to complete complex listening tasks

About the study

The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the benefits of hearing instrument use in adults with hearing loss. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does hearing instrument use improve speech understanding and listening effort amount people with hearing loss? Researchers will compare varying models of hearing instruments to see how speech understanding and listening effort are impacted.

Participants will be asked to wearing varying hearing instruments and participate in lab-based activities to evaluate their speech understanding, listening effort, and subjective preference.

What is being tested

• hearing instruments (device)

Sponsor: Sonova AG · Participants: 30 · Started: Feb 5, 2025

Contact the study team

• Study Coordinator · Phone: 813-974-4148

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07116135

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Bilateral Hearing Loss

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.