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Clinical Study of Cochlear Implants in Adults With Asymmetrical Hearing Loss

NCT02004535 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2026-03-11

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Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate benefits of binaural hearing for non-traditional cochlear implant candidates (with Asymmetric Hearing Loss). Asymmetric candidates are patients with severe to profound hearing loss in one ear and better hearing in the other ear. (One ear is deaf and the other ear has better hearing and in most cases uses a hearing aid.) The investigators hypothesize that cochlear implantation of the poorer ear provides a functional increase in word and sentence understanding in quiet or noise, perceived benefit, localization ability, and other measures of auditory performance relative to use of the better hearing ear alone.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Cochlear Implantation

The standard surgical procedure for a cochlear implant will be used. The asymmetric participant will receive the cochlear implant in the deaf ear.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jill B Firszt, PhD · Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2019-07-31
Completion
2019-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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