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CompletedNCT02740023Updated Jun 21, 2018

Quality Control of CE-Certified Phonak Hearing Aids - 2015_03

An interventional study of Hearing Aid (Phonak Audéo V90-13) and Hearing Aid (Successor of Phonak Audéo V90-13) in Hearing Loss, sponsored by Sonova AG. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-06-21.

Sponsored by Sonova AG · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Phonak Hearing Systems pass through different development and study stages. At an early stage, feasibility studies are conducted to investigate new algorithms, features and functions in an isolated manner.

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Conditions studied

  • Hearing Loss

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In context

Hearing Loss

1,092 studies on the registry are indexed under Hearing Loss; 235 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 12 is below the median of 40 across 764 interventional studies indexed under Hearing Loss.

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Lead sponsor

Sonova AG is the lead sponsor of 82 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Of its 25 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 17 (68%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult hearing impaired persons (minimum age: 18 years) with and without (experience with) hearing aids
  • Good written and spoken (Swiss) German language skills
  • Healthy outer ear
  • Ability to fill in a questionnaire (p/eCRF) conscientiously
  • Informed Consent as documented by signature

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications to the MD in this study, e.g. known hypersensitivity or allergy to the investigational product
  • Limited mobility and not in the position to attend weekly appointments
  • Limited ability to describe listening impressions/experiences and the use of the hearing aid
  • Inability to produce a reliable hearing test result
  • Massively limited dexterity
  • Known psychological problems
  • Central hearing disorders
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
12 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Phonak Audéo V90-13

    The Phonak Audéo V90-13 will be fitted to the participants individual hearing loss.

    Device: Hearing Aid (Phonak Audéo V90-13)

  • Experimental
    Successor of Phonak Audéo V90-13

    The successor of Phonak Audéo V90-13 will be fitted to the participants individual hearing loss.

    Device: Hearing Aid (Successor of Phonak Audéo V90-13)

Interventions

  • DeviceHearing Aid (Phonak Audéo V90-13)

    Phonak's Receiver-In-the-Canal (RIC) hearing aid Audéo V90-13 will be fitted to the participants individual Hearing loss.

  • DeviceHearing Aid (Successor of Phonak Audéo V90-13)

    The successor of Phonak's Receiver-In-the-Canal (RIC) hearing aid Audéo V90-13 will be fitted to the participants individual Hearing loss.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Speech intelligibility in percent in a quiet listening situation

    The data, serving as primary outcomes are collected in a series of lab appointments. The speech intelligibility in quiet will be assessed with the aid of the german rhyme test "Einsilber-Reimtest nach von Wallenberg und Kollmeier" (WaKo). The result is the speech intelligibility in percent. Descriptive statistics will be executed in the form of determining the median and quartiles. Interference statistics will be executed by applying the appropriate parametric or non-parametric test, depending on the data's distribution. A significance level of 5% is pursued.

    Time frame: One week

Secondary outcomes

  1. Speech intelligibility in percent in a noisy listening situation

    The data, serving as secondary outcomes are collected in a series of lab appointments. The speech intelligibility in noise will be assessed with the aid of the german rhyme test "Einsilber-Reimtest nach von Wallenberg und Kollmeier" (WaKo). The result is the speech intelligibility in percent. Descriptive statistics will be executed in the form of determining the median and quartiles. Interference statistics will be executed by applying the appropriate parametric or non-parametric test, depending on the data's distribution. A significance level of 5% is pursued.

    Time frame: One week

Other outcomes

  1. Initial first fit acceptance (pre-calulation) in lab

    The data, serving other pre-specified outcomes are collected within the first lab appointment. The acceptance of the initial first fit will be assessed with the aid of quantitative questions within an interview. The results are points on a scale and open ended (e.g. Question: Please rate the sound quality; Answer scale: bad, poor, fair, good, excellent) . Descriptive statistics will be executed in the form of determining number of answers. Interference statistics will be executed by applying the appropriate parametric or non-parametric test, depending on the data's distribution. A significance level of 5% is pursued.

    Time frame: One week

  2. Sound quality and listening effort ratings in lab

    The data, serving other pre-specified outcomes are collected within the lab appointments. The sound quality and listening effort ratings will be assessed with the aid of the Multi-Stimulus Test with Hidden Reference and Anchor (MUSHRA). The results are quantitative sound quality and listening effort ratings. Descriptive statistics will be executed in the form of determining the median and quartiles. Interference statistics will be executed by applying the appropriate parametric or non-parametric test, depending on the data's distribution. A significance level of 5% is pursued.

    Time frame: Four weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sonova AG
    Stäfa, Zürich 8712, Switzerland
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 21, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02740023
Lead sponsor
Sonova AG
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 15, 2016
Start date
Nov 2015
Primary completion
Jan 2016
Completion
Feb 2016
Last update
Jun 21, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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