Audiometry in Patients with Dementia

Audiometry in Patients with Dementia - AUDEM

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00015221

Enrollment

104

Registered

2018-08-29

Start date

2018-09-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F03 H90.5

Interventions

Group 1: Audiometric diagnostics (pure tone- and speech audiometry, OAE, tympanometry, stapedius reflexes, threshold shift, dichotic test) in patients with dementia grade 1+2 Group 2: Audiometric diag

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients of the geriatric department, Helios-Klinik Schwelm, independant of sex and age; written consent, either by legal representative or patient himself, if still capable; diagnosed dementia, graded by the geriatric rater; unknown grade of dementia to the testing and rating personnel

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: missing written consent; knowledge of grade of dementia to testing personnel

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
feasibility of conventional testing by pure tone and speech audiometry in patients with dementia	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
feasibility of central audiometric testing for topodiagnostic of hearing disorders; dependence of the feasibility of audiometric testing on the grade of dementia	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHans Jürgen Heppner

Geriatrische Klinik und Tagesklinik Universität Witten/HerdeckeHELIOS Klinikum Schwelm

Hans-Juergen.Heppner@helios-gesundheit.de02336/48-1560

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026