Hearing/ET/Vestibular in Balloon Pilots

RecruitingOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

90

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 4, 2025

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2025

Conditions
Hearing Loss, Noise-InducedEustachian Tube DysfunctionVestibular DisordersOccupational Exposure
Interventions
OTHER

Non-invasive audiologic and vestibular assessments

standardized, single-session test battery performed in a sound-treated clinical laboratory. Procedures include tympanometry, tympanometry with simple maneuvers (Valsalva/Toynbee) for Eustachian tube function, pure-tone audiometry, otoacoustic emission (OAE) testing, acoustic reflex thresholds, and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP) with EMG monitoring for adequate sternocleidomastoid activation. Testing is non-invasive, takes \~60 minutes, and is conducted under routine clinical practice conditions. No investigational drugs, devices, or biospecimens are used.

Trial Locations (2)

34108

RECRUITING

University of Health Sciences, Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (ENT/Audiology Laboratory), Istanbul

50200

RECRUITING

Cappadocia Field Site (Göreme) - On-site assessments at hot-air balloon pilot companies, Nevşehir

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital

OTHER_GOV

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