Placing a cochlear implant electrode near a nerve behind the ear
Tests a new cochlear implant electrode spot for hearing loss.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- NYU Langone Health
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Extra-cochlear Electrode Placement at the Post-auricular Vagus Nerve in Cochlear Implantation
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 12 people, planned
- Started
- 17 Oct 2025
- Expected to end
- 1 Jul 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Cochlear Implant
- Modified Implant Procedure
- Record updated
- 1 May 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with hearing loss who will have surgery for a cochlear implant from Cochlear Americas. It tests placing one implant electrode near a nerve behind the ear.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Disease stage
- Hearing loss, with a planned cochlear implant surgery.
- Earlier treatment
- People who had prior ear surgery or a prior cochlear implant in the ear to be implanted cannot join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Prior ear surgery in the ear to be implanted
- Ear malformation present from birth in the ear to be implanted
- Prior cochlear implant in the ear to be implanted
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant
- Breastfeeding
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- will be undergoing surgery for a cochlear implant from Cochlear Americas
- is willing to participate in the study
Who cannot take part
- has history of prior ear surgery, congenital ear malformation, or prior cochlear implantation in the ear to be implanted
- pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding patients cannot undergo the standard-of-care implantation procedures required for participation in the study
Where in United States
- NYU Langone HealthNew York, United StatesContact: Nicole CapachTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study will evaluate hearing outcomes after cochlear implantation with placement of the ECE1 ground electrode near the post-auricular vagus nerve (Arnold's nerve) to assess non-inferiority with respect to placement under the temporalis muscle.
The group in the trial
- Patients scheduled for Cochlear ImplantationTreatment being tested
The experimental arm will enroll patients over the age of 18 undergoing cochlear implantation involving the placement of ECE1 at the approximate location of Arnold's nerve within the ear canal. In the proposed study, a modification to the surgical approach will be done to place ECE1 near Arnold's nerve, while still using a standard electrode array.
Treatment: Cochlear Implant and Modified Implant Procedure
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Single-center Non-inferiority Study of Extra-cochlear Electrode Placement at the Post-auricular Vagus Nerve in Cochlear Implantation
- Plain-language title
- Placing a cochlear implant electrode near a nerve behind the earGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 1 May 2026