Mobile telephone audio compensation service for hearing impaired users.

Mobile telephony audio compensation service for use by individuals with sensorineural hearing impairment.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN13832950

Enrollment

100

Registered

2018-04-13

Start date

2018-03-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-02-10

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Conditions

Hearing impairment Ear, Nose and Throat Hearing impairment

Interventions

Upon commencement of the trial, users will be granted access to the Goshawk product, which delivers real-time audio enhancement over communications networks (initially to mobile telephones, but also a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Individuals with known or suspected hearing impairment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Chronic deafness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
User experience measured by an online questionnaire and audibility testing at baseline, at start of service activation, after 4 weeks of use and after deactivation of the service. The audibility test will be conducted by a trial administrator who will conduct verbal testing over the telephone (with the service active), utilising 'Harvard Sentences' (as developed by the IEE, a series of phonetically balanced sentences). The user will be asked to repeat the sentence to the administrator. The first three timepoints will involve testing using 3 of 10 sentences. The last timepoint will use all 10 sentences.	—

Measure

Time frame

User experience measured by an online questionnaire and audibility testing at baseline, at start of service activation, after 4 weeks of use and after deactivation of the service. The audibility test will be conducted by a trial administrator who will conduct verbal testing over the telephone (with the service active), utilising 'Harvard Sentences' (as developed by the IEE, a series of phonetically balanced sentences). The user will be asked to repeat the sentence to the administrator. The first three timepoints will involve testing using 3 of 10 sentences. The last timepoint will use all 10 sentences.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Improved user experience of mobile telephone as measured by call time/frequency increase.	—

Countries

Isle of Man

Contacts

Public ContactJeff McBride

jeff@mcbridecq.com07770904371

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026