Funded by: Oticon Foundation $310,000

Role: Co-investigator, MRI lead

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Data collection is ongoing at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. This study investigates behavioural and cortical plasticity from wearing hearing aids with noise reduction algorithms in children aged 6-12 years old.

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Phase 1: Complete. Assessing behavioural (speech understanding, cognition and academic performance) and cortical change from two months of OpenSound Navigator hearing aid use.

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1. Pinkl, J., Cash, E., Hunter, L. L., Ferguson, S., Evans, T., Nejmen, T., Hamilton, J., Moore, D. R. & Stewart, H. J. (2020). Short-term pediatric acclimatization to adaptive hearing aid technology. American Journal of Audiology, 1-17. <here>

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Phase 2: Analysis ongoing. A registered double-blind clinical trial (view here at clinicaltrials.gov) comparing behavioural and cortical adaptation after six to eight months of OpenSound Navigator or Omni-directional hearing aid use.

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1. Stewart, H. J., Cash, E. K., Pinkl, J. T., Nakeva von Mentzer, C., CCHMC Division of Audiology, Hunter, L. L., & Moore, D. R. (In press, Ear and Hearing). Adaptive hearing aid benefit in children with mild/moderate hearing loss: A registered, double-blind, randomized clinical trial. 

2. Stewart, H. J., Cash, E. K., Pinkl, J. T., Ferguson, S., Martinez, J., Vannest, J., & Moore, D. R. (In prep., Human Brain Mapping). The listening brain: Children with mild to moderate hearing loss.