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Bimodal Stimulation Using Auditory and Vibrotactile Stimuli for the Mitigation of Tinnitus

NCT06508060 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2024-07-18

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a bimodal stimulation device that combines auditory tones with vibrotactile stimulation to the wrist works to treat moderate to severe tinnitus in adults. It will also learn about the safety of the device. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does a bimodal stimulation device that combines auditory tones with vibrotactile stimulation to the wrist decrease the severity of tinnitus symptoms in adults with moderate to severe tinnitus?
2. What medical problems do participants report when using a bimodal stimulation device that combines auditory tones with vibrotactile stimulation to the wrist?

Researchers will compare a bimodal stimulation device that combines auditory tones with vibrotactile stimulation to the wrist to a control condition in which only auditory tones are used, without the device, to see if the bimodal stimulation device works to treat moderate to severe tinnitus.

Participants will:

1. Use the bimodal stimulation device for 10 minutes every day for a period of 8 weeks
2. Have one-on-one calls with the research team at the beginning and end of the study
3. Complete baseline and final tinnitus functional index assessments to track progress as a result of the intervention.

Conditions

  • Tinnitus

Interventions

DEVICE

Neosensory Wristband

The Neosensory wristband consists of four vibratory motors built into the strap of the wristband (Figure 1a). The motors are linear resonant actuators (LRAs), vibrating at 175 Hz, capable of rising from 0 to 50% of their intensity within 30 ms. The motor intensity can be controlled with an eight bit resolution, meaning each motor can be controlled at 256 different intensities. At the highest intensity, each motor vibrates at 1.7 GRMS. The motors are separated from one another at a distance of 18.2 mm and 19.2 mm for the small and large wristband sizes, respectively (center-to-center distances). The top of the wristband is a module that contains the power button, user setting buttons, a microphone, and a microcontroller. Bluetooth communication is used to create the corresponding vibrations on the wristband. While the study app plays the tones, it also sends a Bluetooth command to the wristband such that the wristband vibrates in the appropriate illusory location.

OTHER

Tones only

Tones will be played through an app

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Neosensory

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-31
Primary Completion
2024-11-30
Completion
2024-11-30
FDA Device
Yes

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