Noise Reduction With Hearing Aids
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interventional
60
1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to use an optimized version of the SEDA algorithm (SEDA-HA) for hearing aids to evaluate the benefit for listeners with varying degrees of hearing loss in realistic environments and evaluate its impact on speech perception and sound quality. The primary objective is to evaluate performance with and without the SEDA-HA algorithm on speech perception and speech reception tasks. The secondary objective is to evaluate performance of and experience with SEDA-HA integrated into a portable hearing aid prototype in the laboratory and in real-world situations outside the laboratory.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Sep 2026
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 7, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 13, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2026
ExpectedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 1, 2029
Study Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 1, 2029
July 13, 2026
July 1, 2026
3 years
July 7, 2026
July 7, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Number of words repeated with SEDA
Participant will listen to an IEEE (IEEE Subcommittee, 1969) sentence and repeat all the words they hear. The process will be repeated for 10 sentences in each listening condition. Background noise will consist of one of five noise types (Babble, White Gaussian, Speech-Shaped, Restaurant, and Traffic) and one of five SNRs (-4, -2, 0, 3, and 6 dB). Each listening condition will be evaluated with and without SEDA, in an order that is randomized across participants.
Day 1 (up to 4 hours)
Number of words repeated without SEDA
Participant will listen to an IEEE (IEEE Subcommittee, 1969) sentence and repeat all the words they hear. The process will be repeated for 10 sentences in each listening condition. Background noise will consist of one of five noise types (Babble, White Gaussian, Speech-Shaped, Restaurant, and Traffic) and one of five SNRs (-4, -2, 0, 3, and 6 dB). Each listening condition will be evaluated with and without SEDA, in an order that is randomized across participants.
Day 1 (up to 4 hours)
Number of participants who preferred SEDA-on condition
The hearing aid prototype will feature two buttons "P1" and "P2", which correspond to the SEDA-on and SEDA-off conditions. Subjects will be asked if they prefer "P1" or "P2".
Day 30
Study Arms (3)
Mild hearing loss
EXPERIMENTALSpeech reception and speech perception will be measured in the presence of various types of background noise with and without the use of the SEDA-HA algorithm. Only participants ages 18 and older in this group will have the option to evaluate SEDA-HA integrated into a portable hearing aid prototype in a take-home trial.
Moderate hearing loss
EXPERIMENTALSpeech reception and speech perception will be measured in the presence of various types of background noise with and without the use of the SEDA-HA algorithm. Only participants ages 18 and older in this group will have the option to evaluate SEDA-HA integrated into a portable hearing aid prototype in a take-home trial.
Severe hearing loss
EXPERIMENTALSpeech reception and speech perception will be measured in the presence of various types of background noise with and without the use of the SEDA-HA algorithm. Only participants ages 18 and older in this group will have the option to evaluate SEDA-HA integrated into a portable hearing aid prototype in a take-home trial.
Interventions
All participants will complete the testing using the SEDA-HA algorithm.
The study device is a non-invasive, acoustic hearing aid prototype developed by York Sound. Participants ages 18 and older will then take-home the HA prototype to begin the at home protocol for 30 days.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years of age and older
- Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing loss will be diagnosed as sensorineural by an air-bone gap of no more than 10 dB averaged across 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz and Type A tympanograms.
- Mild, moderate, or severe hearing loss. Hearing loss classification will be dependent on 4-frequency pure tone average (PTA, 0.5, 1, 2 and 4kHz) in the test ear. The mild group will have a PTA of 25-40 dB HL; moderate group will have a PTA of 41-60 dB HL; the severe group will have a PTA of 61-90 dB HL.
- Be willing and able to provide consent.
You may not qualify if:
- under 16 years of age
- Participants with conductive or mixed hearing loss (i.e. have more than a 10 dB air-bone gap averaged across 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz or tympanograms other than Type A)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10016, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
David Landsberger, Ph.D.
NYU Langone Health
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 7, 2026
First Posted
July 13, 2026
Study Start (Estimated)
September 1, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
September 1, 2029
Study Completion (Estimated)
September 1, 2029
Last Updated
July 13, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
- Time Frame
- Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
- Access Criteria
- The investigator who proposed to use the data will be granted access upon reasonable request. Requests should be directed to David.Landsberger@nyulangone.org To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement. This instance of data sharing will also require separate IRB review as well as review from NYU Langone's DSSB.
The de-identified participant data from the final research dataset will be shared upon reasonable request beginning 9 to 36 months after publication or as required by a condition of awards or supporting agreements, provided the requesting investigator executes a data use agreement with NYU Langone Health. This instance of data sharing will also require separate IRB review as well as review from NYU Langone's Data Sharing Strategy Board (DSSB). Requests should be directed to: David.Landsberger@nyulangone.org . The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be posted on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or supporting awards and agreements.