Hearing Loss
Conditions
Brief summary
This project investigates how self-monitoring of hearing aids through an AI-based mobile app can complement physical and digital healthcare visits. The aim is to increase patient involvement in rehabilitation, enable hearing aid adjustments in everyday sound environments, and improve access to hearing care.
Detailed description
Considering the growing population, healthcare is increasingly focusing on integrating digital solutions into care. Such solutions typically require active patient participation and have the potential to positively impact person-centered care. The purpose of this project is to investigate the outcomes of complementing physical and/or digital hearing care visits with patient self-monitoring of hearing aids. Participants will undergo the standard steps of the hearing rehabilitation process. In addition, the intervention group will be offered the opportunity to self-monitor their hearing aids between physical and/or digital appointments using artificial intelligence (AI) integrated into a mobile application provided by a hearing aid supplier. The focus is to increase patient involvement in the rehabilitation process, utilize adjustment possibilities in everyday sound environments, and improve access to hearing care for the target population.
Interventions
DEVICESelf-monitoring of hearing aids using artificial intelligence
Self-monitoring of hearing aids using artificial intelligence
OTHERTraditional hearing care at our clinics.
Traditional hearing care at our clinics
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
No
Inclusion criteria
* Individuals who are eligible for a new or renewed hearing rehabilitation process at four of the Hearing organizations audiology clinics
Exclusion criteria
* Not fullfilling the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months | Evaluates self-perceived psychosocial and emotional effects of hearing loss. Min 0 to max 100 points. Higher points equal greater self-perceived hearing problems. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Client Oriented Scale of Improvement | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months | Not reporting score on a scale. |
| Communication Strategies Scale of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months | The CSS includes three subscales: the Maladaptive Behaviours, nine questions addressing strategies that complicate communication, and Verbal Strategies and Nonverbal Strategies, both of which address 16 items related to strategies that can improve communication. The scoring for all three subscales reflects how frequently a specific strategy occurs in different situations. |
Contacts
CONTACTMilijana M Malmberg, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMilijana M Malmberg, PhD
Habilitering & Hälsa
Outcome results
None listed