From Early Music Audiometry to Tone Audiograms
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Where
- United Kingdom2 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Starts
- Mar 2027
- Expected to end
- May 2028
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Soundfield Behavioral Audiometry
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 7 years to 45 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Aged 7 to 45 years old
- Able to reliably perform conventional Pure Tone Audiometry
- Confirmed stable bilateral hearing loss with a 4-frequency (500, 1000, 2000, 4000 Hz) pure-tone average ≥25 dB HL in the better hearing ear
Who cannot take part
- History of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
- History of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)
- Aged under 7 or over 45 years old
- Unable to complete reliable conventional audiometry task mechanics
- Satisfactory hearing or purely unilateral hearing loss (4-frequency pure-tone average in better ear <25 dB HL)
- Fluctuating or unconfirmed hearing threshold variations
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 7 and 45 years old?
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Hearing tests are crucial for a child's development, but the standard test, Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA), often doesn't work for those with social communication disorders (SCD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A standardised filtering tool has been developed. Understanding how the results from this new music test compare to standard test results, particularly in people with hearing loss, is critical to establishing the fundamental psychoacoustic threshold relationship. This basic science research validates the acoustic methodology before any future clinical diagnostic application can be considered
The 2 groups in the trial
- Phase 1 Cohort (Initial Filtering Strategy)
50 participants (35 recruited at GSTT and 15 at CHEAR Ltd) with confirmed stable permanent bilateral hearing loss, evaluated using the initial baseline band-pass filtered familiar music stimuli (BPF-FMS) strategy (Work-Package 4)
Treatment: Soundfield Behavioral Audiometry
- Phase 2 Cohort (Optimized Filtering Strategy)
50 independent participants (35 recruited at GSTT and 15 at CHEAR Ltd) with confirmed stable permanent bilateral hearing loss, evaluated using the updated/optimized band-pass filtered familiar music stimuli (BPF-FMS) strategy refined following Phase 1 analysis (Work-Package 6
Treatment: Soundfield Behavioral Audiometry
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
- Understanding the Role of Band-pass Filtered Familiar Music Stimuli for Use in the Assessment of Hearing
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07722936, who can take part
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026