Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Effects of Asymmetries on Binaural-Hearing Abilities Across the Lifespan

Lead Sponsor:

University of Maryland, College Park

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Conditions:

Aging

Hearing Loss

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Binaural hearing involves combining auditory information across the ears. With binaural hearing, listeners benefit from perceiving sounds from different spatial locations. This is critical in solving ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults (18-80 years)
  • No hearing asymmetry between ears (≤10 dB at any frequency) or, hearing asymmetry between ears \>10 dB
  • Native English speakers
  • Primarily use oral language
  • Sufficient corrected or uncorrected visual acuity (20/50 or better) to read large-font text

Exclusion

  • Acoustic tone-detection threshold \>50 dB HL at any octave frequency (250-4000 Hz) in either ear (i.e., more than a moderate hearing loss)
  • History of neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's disease) determined by self-report
  • History of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury determined by self-report
  • Possibility of acoustic neuroma, hearing asymmetry (\>10 dB at three consecutive audiometric threshold frequencies)
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score \<22/30
  • No oral language use
  • Cochlear implant user
  • Conductive hearing loss

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 17 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06953700

Start Date

June 17 2024

End Date

May 1 2026

Last Update

May 1 2025

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University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, Maryland, United States, 20742

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