Impact of Anatomy-Based Cochlear Implant Programming on Early Performance

Enrolling by invitation · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss, Unilateral, Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Single-Sided Deafness (SSD), Asymmetric Hearing Loss

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of different audio processor frequency settings on performance outcomes in new cochlear implant users using electric-only stimulation in the implanted ear with normal hearing to moderately severe hearing loss in the opposite ear.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06734039

Run by

Med-El Corporation

People needed

50

Starts

2025-11-10

Expected to finish

2028-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-27

Who can join

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

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who do not meet one or more of the above-mentioned inclusion criteria are excluded from the study
• Subjects required to use a hearing aid per inclusion criteria who stop use of a hearing aid in the contralateral ear will be withdrawn at the time of discontinued hearing aid use
• Subjects who receive a cochlear implant in the contralateral ear prior to the 12-month interval

Where it is running

• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• MED-EL Corporation — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Oregon Health and Science University — Portland, Oregon, United States
• Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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