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Improving Spatial Perception and Speech Understanding in Multitalker Mixtures

NCT05260307 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2025-09-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate several approaches for improving spatial perception and speech intelligibility in multitalker listening situations for hearing-aid users. The hypotheses are that spatial perception and speech intelligibility will be improved by (1) increased high-frequency audibility, (2) speech envelope enhancement, and/or (3) appropriate sound image externalization.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

hearing aid condition

The intervention will be a hearing aid or a modification to the sound stimulus that simulates a hearing aid configuration, style, or processing strategy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston University Charles River Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Virginia A Best, PhD · Boston University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-09
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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