The purpose of this study is to determine if artificial intelligence- based noise reduction can offer objective improvement in hearing and speech perception for hearing impaired patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
500
Participants with hearing loss will be fitted with the Phonak Audéo Sphere™ Infinio (PAI) hearing aid with artificial intelligence (AI)-based noise reduction, which incorporates deep neural networks (DNN) technology to reduce background noise. Speech stimuli, presented at a comfortable level of approximately 60 dB SPL (like normal conversation), will be delivered via a loudspeaker positioned directly in front of the participant. They will be tested in 3 listening environments: quiet, moderate noise, high noise. Speech perception scores will be measured as a function of each hearing aid program setting: quiet setting, moderate noise, and advanced AI-based reduction for high noise.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
RECRUITINGSingle-word Testing
Participants will listen to a list of 50 words and repeat each word aloud. Results are reported as a percentage of correctly repeated words out of 50.
Time frame: Baseline
Sentence Testing
Participants will listen to a list of 20 sentences and repeat each sentence aloud. Results are reported as a percentage of correctly repeated sentences out of 20.
Time frame: Baseline
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