Single-sided Deafness and Cochlear Implantation

Completed

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Hearing Loss, Unilateral, Hearing Loss, Sudden, Hearing Loss, Cochlear, Hearing Loss in Left Ear, Hearing Loss in Right Ear, Labyrinthitis

In brief

This observational study evaluates the effects of cochlear implantation in patients with deafness in one ear.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05052944
Run by: Johns Hopkins University
People needed: 78
Starts: 2020-11-19
Expected to finish: 2023-11-09
Last updated by the study team: 2023-11-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

For individuals ages 18 years-old and above, limited benefit from unilateral amplification is defined by test scores of 5% correct or less on monosyllabic consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) words in quiet when tested in the ear to be implanted alone.
Before implantation with a cochlear implant, individuals with SSD or AHL must have at least 1-month experience wearing a Contra Lateral Routing of Signal (CROS) hearing aid or other relevant device and not show any subjective benefit.
Medical and surgical clearance for cochlear implantation.

You may not qualify if…

Not meeting FDA candidacy criteria for cochlear implantation in SSD
Inability to perform audiologic tasks (e.g. non-English speaking)
Medical or surgical contraindication to general anesthesia or cochlear implant surgery
Does not wish to participate

Where it is running

Johns Hopkins Bayview — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Suburban — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station — Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins White Marsh — Nottingham, Maryland, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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