Perceptual effects of noise reduction in linear and compression hearing aids

Perceptual effects of noise reduction in linear and compression hearing aids - Noise reduction in hearing aids

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON35358

Enrollment

Registered

2011-11-29

Start date

2012-06-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

hearing impairement hearing loss

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Aged 18 years or older - Moderate sloping sensorineural hearing loss: o hearing threshold between 40 and 60 dB hearing level at 4 kHz o air-bone gap

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Pure tone hearing thresholds do not meet the specified criteria -Not native speaker Dutch

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The different outcome measures are speech intelligibility (in terms of words correct as well as the signal to noise ratio at which 50% is correctly repeated), listening effort (indicated on a nine-point rating scale), speech naturalness, noise annoyance and overall preference (all derived from paired comparison ratings).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
-	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results