Status:

RECRUITING

Hearing Aids for Veterans With Functional Hearing Difficulties

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Auditory Processing Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-79 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Every year, approximately 100,000 Veterans seek help at VA Audiology clinics for hearing and communication difficulties only to learn that they have normal hearing sensitivity. Unfortunately, there ar...

Detailed Description

At least 10% of Veterans seeking help in VA audiology clinics have clinically normal audiograms, a figure that broadly confirms a recent prevalence study indicating that 33.6% of current active-duty m...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Veteran eligible for VA Healthcare
  • Ability to travel to VA Portland Medical Center for repeated visits
  • Pure-tone thresholds of no more than 30 dB HL at frequencies between 500 and 3000 Hz, and no more than 40 dB HL at 4000 Hz
  • HHIA scores of 24 or greater indicating moderate to significant perceived hearing handicap

Exclusion

  • Conductive hearing loss or other significant otologic problems
  • Non-native English speakers
  • Inability to perform experimental tasks
  • Pure-tone interaural threshold asymmetries greater than 15 dB between 250 and 4000 Hz

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 9 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 31 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

142 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06117254

Start Date

March 9 2025

End Date

March 31 2028

Last Update

May 2 2025

Active Locations (1)

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VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97207-2964