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Coupler-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting Approach for Experienced Users

NCT02772757 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2019-05-10

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Summary

The overall aim of the study is to compare the verification accuracy and hearing-aid outcomes between the traditional, fitting approach where the patient is present during the visit and a coupler-based fitting approach where the patient is not present and mailed their hearing aids. If the coupler-based fitting protocol tested in this study as effective as the traditional fitting protocol, then patients receiving replacement hearing aids may circumvent a face-to-face visit.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

standard hearing aid fitting

standard hearing aid, face-to-face fitting

BEHAVIORAL

coupler-based fitting

coupler-based fitting using average RECDs

BEHAVIORAL

coupler-based fitting

coupler-based fitting using measured RECDs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Sherri L Smith, PhD · Mountain Home VA Medical Center James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-04
Primary Completion
2017-05-01
Completion
2017-12-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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