Cochlear implant study for one-sided severe hearing loss
Part of Brain & nervous system, Ear, nose & throat clinical trials.
This trial is studying whether a cochlear implant can help people who have very poor hearing in one ear but normal or mild hearing loss in the other ear. It uses hearing tests and speech understanding to see who may benefit and how well the device works.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 5 years old when the implant surgery would happen
- The ear to be implanted has very severe hearing loss on hearing tests
- The other ear has normal or only mild-to-moderate hearing loss
- The implanted ear understands very few words in quiet (about 5% or less)
- You have a cochlear-nerve and a normally formed inner ear on scans—no missing or non-working nerve
- You can speak and understand English well enough for testing
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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