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| R44DC008499 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) | NIH |
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Our goal is to design and build a new hearing aid system, which mitigates the most common complaints that hearing aid users have. These include hearing in multi-talker situations, poor sound quality, unwanted whistling resulting from feedback, and a dislike of the sound of their own voice. Current efforts, with limited success, use signal processing methods rather than restoring more closely the normal auditory function. We plan to achieve our goal by reducing to practice three key enabling concepts. The first is to replace the current acoustic transducer with a non-acoustic mechanical output transducer that directly actuates the tympanic membrane (TM). This transducer, called the EarLens, floats on the tympanic membrane in a manner similar to the way a contract lens floats on the eye. The second is to increase the output bandwidth of the hearing aid. The third key concept is to place a wide-bandwidth microphone in the ear canal to capture the pinna diffraction cues similarly to the way the normal ear functions. Our central hypothesis is that a hearing aid that delivers amplified wide-bandwidth mechanical stimuli, directionally dependent cues, in an open canal configuration will perform better than conventional hearing aids when there are competing talkers in the background. First phase includes verification the capability of the system to deliver sufficient maximum equivalent pressure output (MEPO) to treat the degree of hearing loss in the target fitting range.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Magnetic Contact Hearing Aid | Experimental | Subjects were treated with a hearing aid which provided amplification intended to treat mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Acute performance and safety assessed at 4 months compared to unaided baseline pre-treatment, followed by longer-term assessment of safety up to 10 months. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Hearing Aid | Device | Subjects were treated with a hearing aid which provided amplification intended to treat mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. |
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| Maximum Effective Sound Pressure Level (MEPO) | A primary outcome measure of interest is an estimate of the insitu maximum equivalent pressure output (MEPO) of the EarLens system, which represents the sound pressure level that would have to be applied at the eardrum (or tympanic membrane) to produce the same degree of tympanic membrane (TM) vibration that the EarLens system produces with the coil current set to its maximum value, and given the anatomical constraints on the coupling between the coil and magnet for a given subject. The target fitting range included hearing loss up to 60 decibels (dB) Hearing Level (HL). In order for the device to be an effective hearing aid for this target population, the maximum output of the device needs to be able to provide output and gain to treat this maximum hearing loss. | 1 month |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sunil Puria | Ear Lens Corporation | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ear Lens Corporation | Redwood City | California | 94063 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 20116419 | Result | Perkins R, Fay JP, Rucker P, Rosen M, Olson L, Puria S. The EarLens system: new sound transduction methods. Hear Res. 2010 May;263(1-2):104-13. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.01.012. Epub 2010 Jan 29. |
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| Electromagnetic EarLens system published in Hearing Research | View source |
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Please see publication for summary results.
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| FG000 | Magnetic Contact Hearing Aid | Subjects were treated with a hearing aid which provided amplification intended to treat mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Acute performance and safety assessed at 4 months compared to unaided baseline pre-treatment, followed by longer-term assessment of safety up to 10 months. |
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| BG000 | Magnetic Contact Hearing Aid | Subjects were treated with a hearing aid which provided amplification intended to treat mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Acute performance and safety assessed at 4 months compared to unaided baseline pre-treatment, followed by longer-term assessment of safety up to 10 months. |
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| Title | Description | Population Description | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Denominator Units Selected | Denominators | Classes |
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| Type | Title | Description | Population Description | Reporting Status | Anticipated Posting Date | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Time Frame | Units Analyzed | Denominator Units Selected | Arm/Group Information | Denominators | Classes | Analyses | |||
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| Primary | Maximum Effective Sound Pressure Level (MEPO) | A primary outcome measure of interest is an estimate of the insitu maximum equivalent pressure output (MEPO) of the EarLens system, which represents the sound pressure level that would have to be applied at the eardrum (or tympanic membrane) to produce the same degree of tympanic membrane (TM) vibration that the EarLens system produces with the coil current set to its maximum value, and given the anatomical constraints on the coupling between the coil and magnet for a given subject. The target fitting range included hearing loss up to 60 decibels (dB) Hearing Level (HL). In order for the device to be an effective hearing aid for this target population, the maximum output of the device needs to be able to provide output and gain to treat this maximum hearing loss. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | decibels (dB) Sound Pressure Level (SPL) | 1 month |
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Magnetic Contact Hearing Aid | Subjects were treated with a hearing aid which provided amplification intended to treat mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Acute performance and safety assessed at 4 months compared to unaided baseline pre-treatment, followed by longer-term assessment of safety up to 10 months. |
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| Title | Organization | Phone | Extension | |
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| Sunil Puria | EarLens Corporation | 650-366-9000 | spuria@earlenscorp.com |
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| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
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| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
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| D006310 | Hearing Aids |
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| D000076251 | Wearable Electronic Devices |
| D055615 | Electrical Equipment and Supplies |
| D004864 | Equipment and Supplies |
| D012682 | Sensory Aids |
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| Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |