Under construction – not a live service
Sign in
Taking people in FinlandNo phase

Sound Ear Check (SEC) in Hearing Diagnostics in Young Children

Key facts

Who runs it
Vesa Lahdes
Where
Turku, FinlandSee the site
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
100 people, planned
Started
31 Aug 2022
Expected to end
31 Dec 2028
Type of study
Observational
Treatments tested
  • Sound Ear Check
Record updated
10 September 2022

Who can take part

Age
3 years to 10 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Can take part

The registry criteria, word for word

Show all 4 criteriaShow less

Who can take part

  • Finnish speaking (child and parent)

Who cannot take part

  • Prior sensorineural hearing loss
  • Prior ear surgery (except tympanostomy insertion)
  • developmental disorder

Check if you might fit

Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.

  • Are you between 3 and 10 years old?

Where in Finland

  • Turku University Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgeryTurku, FinlandContact: Lotta Haavisto, PhDTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Study Sound Ear Check (SEC) hearing test among 3-10 years old otherwise healthy children referred to tympanostomy tube placement. SEC test prior surgery (with middle ear fluid) and at 1 month control visit (dry middle ear with ventilation tube). Otitis media 6 questionnaire prior surgery and at the 1 month control visit.

The group in the trial

  • Children referred for tympanostomy tube insertion

    Study Sound Ear Check (SEC) hearing test among 3-10 years old otherwise healthy children referred to tympanostomy tube placement. SEC test prior surgery (with middle ear fluid) and at 1 month control visit (dry middle ear with ventilation tube). Otitis media 6 questionnaire prior surgery and at the 1 month control visit.

    Treatment: Sound Ear Check

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

Print a page for my doctor

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Sound Ear Check (SEC) in Hearing Diagnostics in Young Children Undergoing Tympanostomy Tube Insertion
Fit questions
Built from NCT05535634, who can take part
Record updated
10 September 2022