Assessment of a Method to Improve Cochlear Implant Users' Speech Perception in Noisy Environments While Maintaining Their Ability to Determine Where a Sound Originates From

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a new algorithm can improve speech perception for cochlear implant users. The main questions it aims to answer \[is/are\]: * Does the algorithm improve speech perception in noisy environments? * Does the algorithm allow listeners to determine where a sound is coming from? Participants will * Listen to and repeat sentences presented in the presence of noise * Indicate the location that sounds originated from

NCT Number	NCT07323862
Lead Sponsor	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Collaborators: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), Vortant Technologies, LLC
Conditions	Cochlear Implant Users
Enrollment	25 participants
Start Date	2026-01-01
Primary Completion	2026-08-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-08-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-01-07