Status:
TERMINATED
Hearing Aids, Counseling and the Significant Other
Lead Sponsor:
VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
Collaborating Sponsors:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Hearing Loss
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of enhanced patient-centered counseling (PCC) and the influence of spousal involvement in pre-fitting counseling on hearing-aid outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Both men and women with hearing loss and their live-in partners will serve as subjects in this study. The subjects with hearing loss will have a mild to moderately-severe hearing loss in both of the ears, will have word recognition scores of 40% or better bilaterally, and will be about to get new hearing aids. Live-in partners may also have up to a moderately-severe degree of hearing loss but cannot have prior experience with hearing aids nor have plans to get hearing aids during the course of their participation in this study. Their word recognition scores should also be 40% or better bilaterally. All subjects also will meet the following additional inclusion criteria:
- Age 20-85 years;
- Intact mental status as assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE; Folstein, Folstein \& McHugh, 1975);
- No evidence of any major medical illness requiring long-term assistive care, as determined by the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz, Down, Cash \&Grotz, 1970);
- Able to read and respond to English; and
- Willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in this investigation.
Exclusion
- Failure to satisfy any of the requirements listed above or if their live-in partner fails to meet the criteria.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01809496
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
October 1 2013
Last Update
December 9 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97207