clinical trials
Noise-cancelling headphones under anesthesia cut nausea after surgery in a Chinese trial
Among 192 women having keyhole gynecologic surgery, 35% of those wearing headphones were sick within two days, against 52% without.
A Ménière’s drug shows hearing gains in a company’s new trial analysis
Sound Pharmaceuticals says a third of patients on its oral drug regained at least 10 dB of hearing, against about one in ten on…
Singing did no better than conversation in a small dementia trial
Fifteen Amsterdam nursing-home residents tried both a singing group and a talking group; each helped in a different way, and neither came out ahead.
A vein stent for heartbeat tinnitus gets its first pivotal US trial
The FDA has cleared a California company to test a purpose-built stent for pulsatile tinnitus, with enrollment expected before the end of 2026 and…
A Maine trial pits recorder lessons against music listening for aging brains
University of Maine researchers will randomize 48 older adults, half with mild cognitive impairment, to 12 weeks of learning the soprano recorder or guided…
Ohio State will test six weeks of sound bowls on 40 caregivers
A registered pilot study will measure anxiety and caregiver stress before and after weekly hour-long sessions, with no comparison group to show what the…
Personalized music lowered depression and anxiety after stroke in Milan
In a 150-patient trial, an hour a day of self-chosen Italian vocal music on a tablet cut depression, anxiety and insomnia scores on the…
Rice wins $3.9M to test whether composing music protects aging brains
A five-year National Institute on Aging trial will put 210 adults over 65 with mild cognitive impairment through a six-week composition course, tracked with…
Screen-delivered music preserved autobiographical memory in dementia trial
In a 166-person Finnish trial, pre-recorded group sessions and live music therapy both held autobiographical memory steady over 10 weeks, but neither moved general…
A hearing-aid sound generator beat placebo for tinnitus in France
Across six specialist clinics and 12 weeks, 88% of patients on a sound generator reported meaningful improvement, against 33% on placebo amplification.
Bring your own playlist to the needle and the scanner
In a 204-patient Zürich trial, patients’ own favorite music cut cannulation pain where “relaxation music” did nothing, and a 57-study review explains why choosing…
The 40 Hz Alzheimer’s bet gets its verdict before year end
Cognito Therapeutics’ 670-patient HOPE trial of a flickering, humming headset reads out by December, and every efficacy number so far comes from 76 people.