Cochlear Implant PDA Based Research Platform — ciPDA  

Hearing Impaired Clinical Trial

Official title: Multi Center Clinical Study to Assess the Safety of the UTD Cochlear Implant PDA (ciPDA) REsearch Platform

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary purpose of the research is to study how individuals who wear cochlear implants process sounds in noisy environments and also whether newly designed programs can help improve the communicative ability of cochlear implant patients in noisy situations.

Clinical Trial Description

Cochlear implants have been successful in restoring partial hearing to profoundly deaf people. Despite their success, most implant patients are not able to communicate in noisy environments (e.g., in a restaurant). Communicating in noise still remains one of the biggest challenges in cochlear implants. Little is known about the factors that contribute to the poor performance of CI users in noise. In this project, we propose a series of experiments aimed at isolating these factors. We propose new programs that can be tailored for noisy situations. ;

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deafness
• Hearing Impaired
• Hearing Loss

• NCT number: NCT01620385
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: The University of Texas at Dallas
• Contact: Philip Loizou, PhD
• Phone: 972-883-4617
• Email: loizou@utdallas.edu
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: June 2011
• Completion date: June 2013