Mild and Moderate Presbycusis
Conditions
Brief summary
A personal sound amplifying device (PASP) like Teo First is a wearable electronic product that is not intended to compensate for impaired hearing, but rather is intended for non-hearing impaired consumers to amplify sounds in the environment for a number of reasons, such as for recreational activities. Nevertheless, a lot of mild and moderate impaired hearing people don't want to buy and wear all day a real hearing aid. The goal of our study is to evaluate the benefit of such a device for mild and moderate presbycusis patient 60 years of age and older, with no previous hearing aid.
Interventions
DEVICEUse of a personal sound amplifying device = TeoFirst
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Wish to increase hearing * Moral commitment to use the device * Ability to understand the study * Mild and moderate presbycusis (20 to 50 dB average hearing loss at 500, 1000, 2000 Hz and 4000 Hz) * Patient 60 years of age and older, * No previous hearing aid
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to use the device * Previous use of a hearing aid * local intolerance
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Audiometric tests (pure tone and speech) in silence and noise, with and without Teofirst | 7 to 15 days after the first use of Teofirst |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| audiometric and mental tests | D7 to 15 and D 40 | * Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile (GHABP) * Acceptability and use questionnaire * ANL (Acceptable Noise Level) test * Mini Mental State Examination * Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed