Neural Changes in the Aging Auditory System

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on hearing in post-menopausal women.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Rochester
• Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); Rochester Institute of Technology
• Treatments: Hormones

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy middle ears

Exclusion Criteria:

• ototoxic medications

• serious medical health problems

• neurological conditions

• Meniere's disease or labyrinthitis

• those who failed cognitive screening tests (Mini-Mental Test)

• current/heavy smokers

• conductive hearing loss

• history of noise damage and/or audiograms signifying noise damage

• poor speech discrimination scores (80% or less)