RoboHear™ Device: Advanced Haptic Technology That Allows the Deaf to Understand Speech

Deafness Clinical Trial

Official title:

RoboHear™ Device: Advanced Haptic Technology That Allows the Deaf to Understand Speech

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03966144
• Other study ID #: 228355
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 25, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 25, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: University of Arkansas
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Pilot study to test the feasibility of translating the English language into haptics (touch sensations)

Description:

An adaptive pilot trial of RoboHear™ hardware and software to test the feasibility of learning to understand language using a haptic (touch) device installed in the stem of a pair of glasses. These tests are not meant to be exhaustive but will validate the hardware and software and provide an informal test platform for learning to 'hear' or interpret sounds and words using haptic technology.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 25, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 25, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants need to understand English.

• Participants must be able to sit at a computer for the training and evaluation session. The session may range from one hour to up to 4 hours in length (with breaks provided as needed).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to understand English

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deafness
• Hearing Impairment
• Hearing Loss

Intervention

Device:
• RoboHear Device
Delivery of haptic sensations followed by testing to assess the ability to interpret stimuli as sounds and words

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	Arkansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Arkansas

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Haptic Interpretation Test	A computerized test to determine accuracy of interpretation of haptic stimuli in to sounds or words.	at end of training session (1-3 hours), Day 1