Hearing Aids
Conditions
Brief summary
Many hearing aid users experience substantial communication difficulties that may affect their participation in daily life situations negatively. One of the reasons for experiencing remaining problems could be due to unrealistic expectations, another reason could be that the hearing aid is not well adjusted or that the hearing aid user didn't got sufficient support and follow-up from the audiologist. The purpose of this project is to offer remote hearing aid adjustment as an additional support for new hearing aid users.
Interventions
DEVICERemote HA adjustment
The intervention group is offered remote hearing aid adjustment whilst the control group is offered traditional hearing aid adjustment the requires physical appointments at the clinic. Remote hearing aid adjustment is applicable through mobile applications that hearing aid users download to their mobile phones.
OTHERTraditional hearing aid
Traditional hearing aid
Sponsors
Sodra Alvsborgs Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* \>18 yr of age * new hearing aid user
Exclusion criteria
* \<18 yr of age * experienced hearing aid users
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly/Adults (HHIE/A) | Change is being assessed: at baseline, directly after completed rehabilitation, 6 months post and 1 year post. | Assessing emotional and social outcomes of a hearing loss; minimum 0 points to maximum 100 points, a higher score means worse outcome. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) | Change is being assessed: at baseline, directly after completed rehabilitation, 6 months post and 1 year post. | Measures subjective hearing loss in four typical hearing situations (subscales). There are six items for each subscale. Each item is answered for without my hearing aid and with my hearing aid. Each item is a statement associated with a percentage of occasions (1%\_Never, 12%\_Seldom, 25%\_Occasionally, 50%\_Half-the-time, 75%\_Generally, 87%\_Almost Always, 99%\_Always) |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed