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tDCS + Auditory Rehabilitation for Hearing Loss

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Waitlist Available
Led By Howard Francis, MD
Research Sponsored by Duke University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Age >/= 18 years of age
Age > 18 years of age
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 1 month, 6 month
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Study Summary

This trial will test if a combination of electrical stimulation to the brain and at-home sound training can improve hearing for people with cochlear implants.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for adults over 18 with unilateral cochlear implants used for at least a year, who have internet access and can do video visits. They should have low sentence or word recognition scores in the implanted ear. People with psychiatric conditions, neurological disorders, or other comorbidities that could affect the study are excluded.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests if transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with a home-based auditory training program is safe and feasible for improving speech perception in people with cochlear implants.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
While not specified here, tDCS may cause mild side effects like itching, tingling at the electrode site, headache, fatigue or nausea. Serious side effects are rare but can include mania or seizures.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am 18 years old or older.
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I am older than 18 years.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 1 month, 6 month
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 1 month, 6 month for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in communication function
Change in speech perception performance
Number eligible patients who expressed interest in the study
+7 more
Secondary outcome measures
Number of participants who enjoyed doing the listening exercises on the computer
Number of participants who reported acceptable compensation for study participation
Number of participants who reported ease of completing the training program
+3 more

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: tDCS during auditory trainingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Use of tDCS during completion of the auditory training program

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Duke UniversityLead Sponsor
2,358 Previous Clinical Trials
3,420,059 Total Patients Enrolled
8 Trials studying Hearing Loss
53,577 Patients Enrolled for Hearing Loss
Howard Francis, MDPrincipal InvestigatorDuke University

Media Library

Auditory Training Program Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04908631 — N/A
Hearing Loss Research Study Groups: tDCS during auditory training
Hearing Loss Clinical Trial 2023: Auditory Training Program Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04908631 — N/A
Auditory Training Program 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04908631 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are individuals still being enrolled in this research effort?

"Clinicaltrials.gov states that this clinical trial is not enrolling patients right now, despite being initially posted on October 1st 2022 and most recently updated on September 29th 2022. However, there are 156 other medical studies actively recruiting participants as of today."

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What are the key aims of this clinical exploration?

"This 6 month long clinical trial is assessing the proficiency of participants with tdcs training as its primary outcome. Secondary objectives include determining participant satisfaction with stimulation device utilisation, likelihood to recommend the programme and compensation for study participation - all assessed by means of a patient-completed questionnaire where 1 corresponds to 'strongly disagree' and 5 stands for 'strongly agree'."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
North Carolina
How old are they?
18 - 65
What site did they apply to?
Duke University Medical Center
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Safety and Feasibility of tDCS to Enhance Auditory Rehabilitation in Cochlear Implant Recipients
2023. "Safety and Feasibility of tDCS to Enhance Auditory Rehabilitation in Cochlear Implant Recipients". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04908631.
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