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Effects of Delay in Hearing Assistive Technology

University of Illinois at Chicago · with National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) · NCT07533071

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
60
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 15, 2026
Record last updated
July 9, 2026

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What the study is about

Wireless assistive listening systems can dramatically improve intelligibility in noisy environments, but they are cumbersome to use. Digital consumer devices, such as smartphones, could be more accessible and user-friendly, but they suffer from transmission delays that could be disturbing to listeners. Delay has been studied extensively for in-ear devices such as hearing aids, but not for remote microphone systems. This study aims to characterize the tolerable delay for wireless remote microphones both for both the user's own speech and for external sounds. This will provide valuable information for engineers designing next-generation assistive listening systems.

Being studied: Audio delay

Conditions: Audio Processing Delay

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Comfortable conversing in English

Exclusion Criteria

  • Speech or hearing disorder

Recruiting US locations

  • Science and Engineering Laboratory

    Chicago, IL 60607

    Site contact: Ryan M Corey, PhD · 312-996-8274 · ListeningTech@uic.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Ryan M Corey, PhD · 312-996-8274 · ListeningTech@uic.edu
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