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Assessment of a Method to Improve Cochlear Implant Users' Speech Perception in Noisy Environments While Maintaining Their Ability to Determine Where a Sound Originates From

NCT07323862 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2026-01-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a new algorithm can improve speech perception for cochlear implant users. The main questions it aims to answer \[is/are\]:

* Does the algorithm improve speech perception in noisy environments?
* Does the algorithm allow listeners to determine where a sound is coming from?

Participants will

* Listen to and repeat sentences presented in the presence of noise
* Indicate the location that sounds originated from

Conditions

  • Cochlear Implant Users

Interventions

DEVICE

Modifying audio input for cochlear implant processor

Sound will be preprocessed with different beamformer algorithms and presented either through the auxiliary input port or via a streaming device to the participants' cochlear implant processor

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Vortant Technologies, LLC

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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