Bilateral Benefit in Adult Users of the HiRes 90K Bionic Ear System

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss

In brief

Normal hearing listeners gain important everyday benefits from listening with two ears (bilateral hearing) compared to their baseline performance with hearing aids. Advantages of bilateral hearing include the ability to determine where sounds are coming from and the ability to hear sounds and understand speech in noisy environments. Based upon these advantages, this study will (1) evaluate the benefit of hearing with two Bionic Ear implants (one in each ear) and (2) compare HiResolution sound processing with conventional sound processing.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00205881

Run by

Advanced Bionics

People needed

32

Starts

2004-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• No previous implant experience.
• Age 18 years or older.
• Postlingual onset of hearing loss.
• Sensorineural hearing loss of a severe or greater degree in both ears.
• Normal/patent cochlear anatomy in each ear.
• English language proficiency.
• Willingness and ability to participate in all scheduled procedures.

You may not qualify if…

• No exclusion criteria specified, except for the opposite of inclusion criteria listed above.

Where it is running

• House Clinic/House Ear Institute — Los Angeles, California, United States
• California Ear Institute (Let Them Hear Foundation) — Palo Alto, California, United States
• University of Miami - Cochlear Implant Center — Miami, Florida, United States
• Tampa Bay Hearing and Balance Center — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Carle Clinic Association — Urbana, Illinois, United States
• Spectrum Health — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
• Midwest Ear Institute — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
• New York University Cochlear Implant Center — New York, New York, United States
• Dallas Otolaryngology Associates — Dallas, Texas, United States

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