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Evaluating Hearing Aid Service Delivery Models

NCT01788423 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 323

Last updated 2019-07-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the outcomes for two different hearing-aid delivery models. In one model, the audiologist selects and fits the hearing aid and, in the other model, the consumer does this directly.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

hearing aid

All subjects received hearing aids, some selected by audiologist, some selected by consumer, and some programmed as placebo devices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Indiana University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Larry E. Humes, PhD · Indiana University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2018-02-28
Completion
2018-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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