Status:
COMPLETED
Predicting Success With Hearing Aids
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Hearing Loss
Presbycusis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Brief Summary
The primary complaint of individuals with hearing loss is difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Although hearing aids help individuals understand speech in background no...
Detailed Description
As numerous studies have reported, the most common complaint that individuals with sensorineural hearing loss have about their hearing is that they can hear speech but they cannot understand speech, e...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- adult onset of hearing loss,
- symmetrical, sensorineural hearing loss,
- no more than 60 dB HL hearing loss measured via an average of air conduction thresholds at .5, 1, and 2 kHz in each ear, and
- use of binaural hearing aids of the same make and model for each ear
- at least 3 months of hearing aid use.
Exclusion
- enrollment in group audiologic rehabilitation classes,
- currently using an FM system,
- inability to read and write American English, and
- signs of middle ear or retrocochlear pathology.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00371449
Start Date
November 1 2006
End Date
June 1 2009
Last Update
April 29 2015
Active Locations (1)
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James H. Quillen VA Medical Center
Mountain Home, Tennessee, United States, 37684