Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT07192757
Improving Speech in Noise Perception for Individuals With Age-related Hearing Loss
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 36 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Florida · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 55 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Hearing loss, especially for speech perception in the presence of noise, may lead older individuals to withdraw from social situations. While hearing aids help amplify sound and are useful in many situations, they can be ineffective in noisy contexts. The proposed pilot study will evaluate taVNS for improving speech in noise perception in adults with age-related hearing loss.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation | active electrical stimulation applied to the cymba conchae of the left ear |
| DEVICE | Sham Control | electrical stimulation applied to a location on the ear not innervated by the auricular vagus |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2026-07-30
- Completion
- 2026-07-30
- First posted
- 2025-09-25
- Last updated
- 2025-12-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Regulatory
- FDA-regulated device study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07192757. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.