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Remote Hearing Aid Adjustment for New Hearing Aid Users; a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)

NCT04843124 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2023-11-29

No results posted yet for this study

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 new hearing aid users.

Conditions

  • Hearing Aids

Interventions

DEVICE

Remote HA 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.

OTHER

Traditional hearing aid

Traditional hearing aid

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sodra Alvsborgs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-01
Primary Completion
2023-08-30
Completion
2023-08-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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