Comparing a familiar-music hearing test with standard tone hearing tests in hearing loss

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 people aged 7 to 45 with stable hearing loss in both ears. It compares a new music-based hearing test with the standard tone hearing test.

Age

7 to 45 years

Sex

All sexes

Disease stage

Confirmed stable hearing loss in both ears, with a 4-frequency (500, 1000, 2000, 4000 Hz) pure-tone average ≥25 dB HL in the better hearing ear.

Main reasons for not taking part

• Not able to reliably do a standard tone hearing test
• Normal hearing, or hearing loss in one ear only (better ear average <25 dB HL)
• Hearing levels that change over time or are not confirmed
• History of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
• History of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)

The registry criteria, word for word

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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