Effectiveness Comparison of 3D-Printed and Conventional Ear Tip Comfort in Individuals With Hearing in the Normal Range
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Brief summary
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Access to affordable and timely hearing healthcare remains a major challenge for many individuals, partly due to the high cost and long turnaround time. This study will explore whether 3D-printed ear tips perform as well as or better than standard ear tips in terms of sound quality, comfort, and fit. It will also compare how long each method takes to make and how much each costs.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT07216937
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 89 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 7, 2025 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- May 20, 2026 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Jun 14, 2026 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- May 1, 2026
2025 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Arizona Hearing Clinic | Tucson | Arizona | 85719 | Recruiting |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 1, 2026 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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