NCT05365646

Fall Risk Assessment and Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Using In-ear Device

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 350 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate methods to use hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to assist in the assessment of fall risk and in the implementation of interventions aimed at reducing the risk of falling, as well as to improve speech intelligibility in quiet and in background noise, track physical activity, and social engagement. The investigators hope is that the knowledge that is generated through this study will ultimately translate to the clinical setting and will help reduce the likelihood that individuals experience a fall, and improve the quality of hearing in individuals who wear hearing aids.

Conditions

• Hearing Loss
• Dizziness
• Vertigo
• Fall Related Injury Risk
• Fall Prevention
• Imbalance
• Speech Intelligibility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Hearing aids equipped with motion sensing abilities	Participants will wear hearing aids that will assess their movement, and fall risk.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-23
• Primary completion: 2026-10-01
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2022-05-09
• Last updated: 2024-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study