Ear Diseases, Hearing Disability, Hearing Disorders, Hearing Impairment, Hearing Loss, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases, Sensation Disorders
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to test a online hearing support for first-time hearing aid users. The main questions it aims to answer are short- and long-term effects on the emotional and social consequences of hearing loss that the participants experience, use of communications strategies, experienced listening in complex sound environments and perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOnline hearing support for first-time hearing aid users
Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice and the online hearing support consists of five chapters that aim to give information, support, and advice to the new hearing aid users. The participants are assigned a new chapter between each visit at the clinic.
BEHAVIORALHearing rehabilitation according to common practice.
Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice.
Sponsors
Region Skane
Horselvarden Region Ostergotland
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adults \> 20 years of age that are eligible for hearing aids * Access to a computer, tablet and/or smartphone with internet * Access to a Swedish BankID or equivalent
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to read and understand Swedish
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) | Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. | Assessing changes in emotional and social effects of hearing loss, self-perceived activity limitations and participation restrictions. Minimum 0 points to maximum 100 points. Higher score indicates greater emotional and social effects of hearing loss. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The 12-item Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12) | Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. | Assessing experience of listening in complex sound environments. Minimum 0 points to 120 points. Higher score indicates less problems with hearing in the specified situations. |
| Communication Strategies Scale (CSS) | Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. | Assessing changes in use of verbal, non-verbal and maladaptive communication strategies. Minimum 25 points to maximum 125 points. Higher score indicates a greater use of communication strategies. |
| The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) | Directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention. | Assessing changes in perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids. Minimum 7 points to maximum 35 points. Higher score indicates higher perceived effect. |
Countries
Sweden
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMarie Öberg
Horselvarden Region Ostergotland
Outcome results
None listed