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A Clinical Investigation of the Benefit: BTE Hearing Aids Versus ITE Hearing Aids

NCT04168229 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2019-12-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current study will evaluate a new in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid hardware. The goal is to evaluate the audiological performance, usability, feature function, and to identify unexpected or unwanted behaviour from the devices. The study plans to compare the behind-the-ear (BTE) hardware style with the ITE devices regarding the benefit received from different microphone locations.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Mermaid 9 ITE

A Hearing aid intended to amplify sounds and deliver them to the ear with a microphone and receiver housed in an in-the-ear hardware.

DEVICE

Mermaid 9 BTE

A Hearing aid intended to amplify sounds and deliver them to the ear with a microphone and Receiver housed in a behind-the-ear hardware.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bernafon AG

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Barbara Simon, AuD · Bernafon AG

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-12
Primary Completion
2018-08-13
Completion
2018-08-13

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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