NCT05101083

Speech Intelligibility in Quiet and Noise for New vs. Legacy Hearing Aids

Speech Intelligibility in Quiet and Noise for New Versus Legacy Hearing Aids

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Starkey Laboratories, Inc · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This clinical investigation is designed to compare audiological performance (i.e., measurements of sound quality and speech understanding) between Starkey's new receiver-in-canal device and a commercially available legacy receiver-in-canal device.

Detailed description

Starkey is investigating a new hearing aid with several new audiological features. These features have been assessed for benefit, individually, but this clinical investigation will serve as a test for safety and efficacy with all hearing aid features, together. The design of this study is a single-blinded, crossover design and will be conducted at Starkey's headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN.

Conditions

• Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
• Hearing Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	New Receiver-in-Canal Device	Successor of previous device generation
DEVICE	Legacy Receiver-in-Canal Device	Receiver-in-canal device available on the market

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-25
• Primary completion: 2022-01-10
• Completion: 2022-01-10
• First posted: 2021-11-01
• Last updated: 2022-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study