Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of Cogmed Working Memory Training for Adult Hearing Aid Users
Lead Sponsor:
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
Conditions:
Hearing Loss
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-74 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A double-blind randomised active-controlled trial aims to assess whether Cogmed (adaptive) working memory training results in improvements in untrained measures of cognition, speech perception and sel...
Detailed Description
One in ten people aged between 55-74 years have a significant hearing impairment in their better hearing ear (as defined by audiometric hearing thresholds). Yet, it is becoming increasingly clear that...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Existing (3+ months) hearing aid(s) user
- Mild to moderate (PTA0.25-4k Hz 21-69 dB HL) sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in the better hearing ear (SNHL defined as air-bone gap across 0.5k, 1k \& 2k Hz \< 15 dB)
- Internet access at home
- Exclusion criteria:
- Participation in a previous training intervention study
- First language other than English (all speech outcome measure are presented in English)
- Unable to use either a desktop or laptop computer (Cogmed RM working memory training is delivered via the internet using a desktop or laptop computer)
- Cognitive impairment as defined as a score of less than 26/30 (fail) on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
57 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01892007
Start Date
September 1 2012
End Date
October 1 2014
Last Update
October 1 2020
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QMC Ropewalk House
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, NG1 5DU