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CompletedNCT05274165Updated Jun 28, 2023Results posted

Evaluation of New Fitting Characteristics for Extended Wear Hearing Aid Technology

An interventional study of Lyric Hearing Aid- Experimental Design and Lyric Hearing Aid- Commercially Available in Hearing Loss, sponsored by Sonova AG. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-28.

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

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Two groups of hearing aid candidates will be fit with extended wear technology. One group will be fit with the commercially available models, and the other group will be fit with either the commercially available model or a new model with different fitting characteristic.

After an appropriate trial period, the success rate of each group will be determined by the desire to purchase devices.

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Hearing aid candidates will be assigned to either Group A or Group B. Group A will be fit only with extended wear devices that are commercially available. Group B will be fit with either the commercially available devices, or a set of devices that have a new fitting characteristic, depending on what is most appropriate and the best fit. Because extended wear devices are inserted by a hearing care professional and sit deep within the ear canal, participants will be blinded as to which devices they are wearing. After a typical hearing aid trial period (i.e. 30 days), participants will be asked to make a determination on whether they would purchase if given the option. The percentage of people that indicate a desire to purchase devices from Group A will be compared to the percentage of people that indicate a desire to purchase devices from Group B to determine if the offering of additional fitting options results in an increase in intent to purchase, or a trial to success rate.

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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 25 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 to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Mild to moderate hearing loss
  • New hearing aid users with no previous hearing aid experience interested in trying Lyric devices
  • Must meet Lyric candidacy (see exclusion criteria)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • middle ear disease, including but not limited to history of tympanic membrane perforations, chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma, PE tubes
  • radiation therapy to head or neck area
  • participants who need regular MRI testing
  • participants who regularly scuba dive or swim underwater
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Group A

    Participants will be fit with commercially available Lyric devices, which range from size XXS to XXL.

    Device: Lyric Hearing Aid- Commercially Available

  • Experimental
    Group B

    Participants will be fit either with the commercially available Lyric devices OR devices which are designed with a new fitting characteristic. This increases the pool of sizes from which the hearing care professional can choose to fit participant.

    Device: Lyric Hearing Aid- Experimental Design · Device: Lyric Hearing Aid- Commercially Available

Interventions

  • DeviceLyric Hearing Aid- Experimental Design

    Extended wear hearing aid with a fitting modification that is currently not available

  • DeviceLyric Hearing Aid- Commercially Available

    Extended wear hearing aid that is currently available

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Trial to Success Rate

    Percentage of participants who express intent to purchase devices at end of study trial period. No statistical analysis was performed on this outcome measure.

    Time frame: Day 30 of study

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Results

Posted Jun 12, 2023

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneGroup AGroup B
Started1213
Completed910
Not completed33
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject33

Outcome measures

PrimaryTrial to Success Rate

Percentage of participants who express intent to purchase devices at end of study trial period. No statistical analysis was performed on this outcome measure.

Time frame:
Day 30 of study
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Trial to Success Rate
ParticipantsGroup AGroup B
Trial to Success Rate20

Adverse events

Collected over 30 days. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Group A0/12 (0%)0/12 (0%)1/12 (8.3%)
Group B0/13 (0%)0/13 (0%)1/13 (7.7%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventGroup AGroup B
discomfortEar and labyrinth disorders1/121/13

Baseline characteristics

Participants who met the fitting criteria for the Lyric extended wear hearing device

Age, Customized
Age, Customized(years)Group AGroup BTotal
Mean62 (51 to 77)66 (57 to 75)64 (51 to 77)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Group AGroup BTotal
Female3710
Male9615
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected(Participants)Group AGroup BTotal
Count of participants——0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Group AGroup BTotal
United States121325
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Study locations

1 site
  • Sound Relief Hearing Center
    Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Mar 16, 2022

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 28, 2023, 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
NCT05274165
Lead sponsor
Sonova AG
Collaborators
Sound Relief Tinnitus & Hearing Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 10, 2022
Start date
Mar 29, 2022
Primary completion
Sep 9, 2022
Completion
Sep 30, 2022
Results posted
Jun 12, 2023
Last update
Jun 28, 2023

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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