Intervention study of the project 'AgeHearing-QoL' (Psychosocial factors affecting the quality of life of ageing people with hearing loss: new approaches to care)

Intervention study of the project 'AgeHearing-QoL' (Psychosocial factors affecting the quality of life of ageing people with hearing loss: new approaches to care) - AgeHearing-QoL

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00039419

Enrollment

246

Registered

2026-02-23

Start date

2026-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

H90.3

Interventions

Group 1: Psycho-social training: The consortium partners (University Medicine Greifswald and Landshut University of Applied Sciences) will identify relevant psychosocial factors and use these to deve

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Consent to participate in the study • At least 40 years of age • Mild to moderate hearing loss (WHO, 2021): i.e. hearing loss of 20–50 dB HL in the better ear, averaged over the main speech frequencies (0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz; ‘PTA4’) • Normal cognitive functioning (scores above 25 on the MoCa test) • No previous use of a hearing aid • Willingness to use a hearing aid regularly • Willingness to participate in psychosocial training

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Acute or objective tinnitus • Hearing impairment and neurological infections and diseases (otosclerosis, acoustic neuroma, Meniere's disease, acute otitis media, otitis externa, acute sinusitis, epilepsy or other CNS diseases such as brain tumours, encephalitis or Alzheimer's disease) • Commencement of other hearing loss or psychological treatment in the 3 months prior to the examination

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
It is assumed that the group receiving a combined intervention will have a higher overall and domain-specific quality of life than individuals who received only one of the two interventions. Both primary and secondary quality of life will be assessed using validated questionnaires.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
After the combined intervention, it should also become apparent that participants can expose themselves to masked speech for longer periods of time before their speech intelligibility threshold decreases. In addition, longer use of hearing aids is expected in the combined intervention group. Speech intelligibility is measured in our audiological laboratory and the duration of use of the hearing aids is read from the hearing aids themselves.	—

Measure

Time frame

After the combined intervention, it should also become apparent that participants can expose themselves to masked speech for longer periods of time before their speech intelligibility threshold decreases. In addition, longer use of hearing aids is expected in the combined intervention group. Speech intelligibility is measured in our audiological laboratory and the duration of use of the hearing aids is read from the hearing aids themselves.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBirgit Mazurek

Tinnituszentrum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

birgit.mazurek@charite.de+49 30 450 555 061

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026