Effects of an Online Hearing Support for First-time Hearing Aid Users

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Hearing Loss; Hearing Impairment; Ear Diseases; Sensation Disorders; Hearing Disorders; Hearing Disability
• Interventions: Behavioral: Online hearing support for first-time hearing aid users; Behavioral: Hearing rehabilitation according to common practice.

• Registration Number: NCT06051968
• Lead Sponsor: Region Skane

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-09-18
• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-18
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-25
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-15
• Primary Completion: 2026-05
• Study Completion: 2026-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Online hearing support for first-time hearing aid users	Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice and the online hearing support.
Control group	Hearing rehabilitation according to common practice.	Participants get hearing rehabilitation according to common practice.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE)	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA)	Directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.	Assessing changes in perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids.; Minimum 7 points to maximum 35 points. Higher score indicates higher perceived effect.
The 12-item Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12)	Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.	Assessing experience of listening in complex sound environments. Minimum 0 points to 120 points. Higher score indicates less problems with hearing in the specified situations.
Communication Strategies Scale (CSS)	Baseline, directly post intervention and 6 months post intervention.	Assessing changes in use of verbal, non-verbal and maladaptive communication strategies. Minimum 25 points to maximum 125 points. Higher score indicates a greater use of communication strategies.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Audiologimottagningen Lund; 🇸🇪 Lund, Sweden