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The Mental Cost and Burden of Listening

NCT06951815 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-02-24

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Summary

This randomised controlled trial aims to test the effect of hearing adjustment using hearing aids, on the ease and effectiveness of communication such as listening effort, fatigue, and sentence recognition in noise, in addition to wellbeing and sleep; and to reveal the role of cognitive resources and sleep efficiency in this relationship.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life (QOL)
  • Communication Barriers
  • Cognitive Performance
  • Fatigue, Mental

Interventions

DEVICE

Hearing aids programmed to each participant's hearing loss.

This study is not investigating the efficacy of hearing aids, rather it is investigating the effect of adjusting hearing on cognitive resources, listening effort, and fatigue.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sonova AG

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Manchester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karolina Kluk de-Kort, Doctorate · University of Manchester

  • Antje Heinrich, Doctorate · University of Manchester

  • Josef Schlittenlacher, Doctorate · University of Manchester

  • Stephanie Loukieh, Masters Degree · University of Manchester

  • Raffael Schmitt, Doctorate · Sonova AG

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-01
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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