Effects of an Online Hearing Rehabilitation Support for First-time Hearing Aid Users: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE)
- Status
- Active, Not Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to test a online hearing support for first-time hearing aid users. The main questions it aims to answer are short- and long-term effects on the emotional and social consequences of hearing loss that the participants experience, use of communications strategies, experienced listening in complex sound environments and perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adults \> 20 years of age that are eligible for hearing aids
- •Access to a computer, tablet and/or smartphone with internet
- •Access to a Swedish BankID or equivalent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inability to read and understand Swedish
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE)
Time Frame: Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.
Assessing changes in emotional and social effects of hearing loss, self-perceived activity limitations and participation restrictions. Minimum 0 points to maximum 100 points. Higher score indicates greater emotional and social effects of hearing loss.
Secondary Outcomes
- The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA)(Directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)
- The 12-item Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12)(Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)
- Communication Strategies Scale (CSS)(Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.)