Storing tissue samples for hearing and balance studies
Part of Brain & nervous system, Cancer, Ear, nose & throat, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study collects and stores tissue and blood samples from people with hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language conditions, as well as from healthy volunteers. The samples help researchers better understand these conditions and may lead to improved treatments.
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Who can take part
- You must be able to understand and sign a consent form (or have a parent or guardian do so for you).
- You have a hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language condition and are under a doctor's care or in another research study, OR you are a healthy volunteer aged 3 or older.
- You must not have active serious health problems that could increase bleeding or other risks from the sample collection, such as a bleeding disorder, heart disease, recent heart attack, heart failure, or severe lung disease.
- You must not have a bleeding tendency or other condition that makes additional blood draws or tissue samples risky.
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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