Severe sleep apnea's impact on hearing and thinking
Part of Brain & nervous system, Ear, nose & throat, Lungs & breathing, Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how severe sleep apnea affects your brain's ability to process sounds and think clearly. You will have hearing tests and an EEG, which is a safe brainwave recording, to see if treating sleep apnea can help your hearing and thinking.
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Who can take part
- You are between 20 and 60 years old.
- You have normal hearing (a quick hearing test will confirm this).
- You have no major health conditions like epilepsy, Parkinson's, past head injury, or mental health issues.
- You are not taking steroid medications long-term or have inflammatory diseases.
- For the sleep apnea group: you have severe sleep apnea (a sleep study confirms more than 30 breathing pauses per hour).
- For the control group: you do not snore or have known sleep problems.
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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