The Effects of Hearing Aids on Static and Subjective Balance in Patients with Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0008163

Enrollment

Registered

2023-02-03

Start date

2022-02-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-02-08

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : The participants were given ReSound ONE hearing aid (GN Hearing A/S , Ballerup, Denmark) and instructed to use them for at least 6 hours every day during the intervention.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) = 18 and < 70 years of age 2) pure-tone averages (0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz) = 25 dB HL and = 70 dB HL in both ears 3) complaints of dizziness (reporting a score = 1 point on the visual analogue scale, VAS)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who were unable to walk independently and had a history of congenital malformations in the central and auditory nervous systems were excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mean center of gravity sway velocity of the Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction on Balance	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Score of the Korean Dizziness Handicap Inventory	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactIl Joon Moon

Samsung Medical Center

moon.iljoon@gmail.com+82-2-3410-3044

Outcome results