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Use of Hearing Aids. Development and Implementation of a Counselling Program for Hearing Aid Users

NCT02233361 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2014-09-08

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Summary

The proportion of elderly people is expected to increase greatly within the next couple of decades, resulting in a proportional increase in the need for hearing rehabilitation. However, studies suggest that as many as 40% of hearing aids are never or seldom used. Thus, a major challenge for audiological rehabilitation is facilitating the use of fitted hearing aids.

This study has four objectives; 1) to evaluate the effect of advanced notice of a follow-up appointment on hearing aid use, 2) to implement a specialized counselling program based on MI, 3) to identify barriers to hearing aid use, and 4) to objectively assess hearing aid use with datalogging technology.

Conditions

  • Presbyacusis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Counseling

A randomized controlled design will determine whether hearing aid users who are informed in advance of a follow-up appointment have a different pattern of hearing aid use than a control group that is not preinformed in advance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stiftelsen Helse og Rehabilitering

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jorunn Solheim, Ph.d. · Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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