Evaluation of the Clinical Benefit of the Hearing Aids Tinnitus Feature.
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Sponsor
- Sonova AG
- Enrollment
- 38
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Tinnitus Functional Index Evaluation (TFI)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Participants with hearing loss and Tinnitus will wear hearing aids with amplification-only or with an added sound, and have their tinnitus level evaluated before and after intervention.
Detailed Description
2 groups of adults with hearing loss and chronic bothersome tinnitus and no experience with amplification will participate in a cross over intervention study with 2 conditions of 4 weeks each: 1. fit with hearing aid (HA) amplification-only, and 2. fit with HA amplification with an added sound, returning to their original unaided condition after undergoing the intervention phase.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Hearing loss
- •candidate for hearing aid amplification
- •Bothersome chronic tinnitus (3 months+)
Exclusion Criteria
- •age less than 18 years
- •normal hearing
- •tinnitus presence for less than 3 months
- •tinnitus not bothersome enough to warrant intervention
- •non hearing aid candidates
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Tinnitus Functional Index Evaluation (TFI)
Time Frame: TFI collected before intervention to serve as a baseline. TFI change from baseline will be assessed after each study condition, which will last 4 weeks/each.
Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) questionnaire results, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher numbers indicating more severe (worse) Tinnitus interference in the person's quality of life.