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Remote Hearing Aid Adjustment for Experienced Hearing Aid Users

NCT04840277 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2022-11-03

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Summary

Many hearing aid users experience substantial communication difficulties that may affect their participation in daily life situations negatively. One of the reasons for experiencing remaining problems could be due to unrealistic expectations, another reason could be that the hearing aid is not well adjusted or that the hearing aid user didn't got sufficient support and follow-up from the audiologist.

The purpose of this project is to offer remote hearing aid adjustment as an additional support for experienced hearing aid users.

Conditions

  • Hearing Aids

Interventions

DEVICE

Remote hearing aid adjustment

The intervention group is offered remote hearing aid adjustment whilst the control group is offered traditional hearing aid adjustment the requires physical appointments at the clinic. Remote hearing aid adjustment is applicable through mobile applications that hearing aid users download to their mobile phones.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sodra Alvsborgs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Milijana Malmberg, PhD · Hearing Organization, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2022-05-31
Completion
2022-05-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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