Tuned App Self-Fitting vs. Professional Fitting
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss
- Interventions
- Device: professional fitting vs. self fitting
- Registration Number
- NCT05869266
- Lead Sponsor
- Tuned Ltd.
- Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to compare the perceived outcome of the self-fitting performed by the participants using the Tuned mobile application with the traditional professional fitting as performed by a licensed professional audiologist in subjects with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult males and females, 18 years and older.
- Mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss.
- Own and able to use a smart phone (Android or iOS).
- Able to read and understand Hebrew.
Exclusion Criteria
- Conductive mixed hearing loss.
- Unilateral hearing loss.
- Any external or inner ear malformations.
- Symptoms of ear disease or excessive cerumen.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Professional-fitting professional fitting vs. self fitting Subject receives hearing aids and a licensed professional performs the hearing aid fitting using professional programing tools, and the thresholds that were obtained from the traditional audiometry. Subject uses the professionally fitted hearing aids for two weeks then completes COSI and the IOI-HA questionnaires. Self-fitting professional fitting vs. self fitting Subject receives hearing aids, downloads the Tuned self fitting App and performs self-fitting of the hearing aids including a self-hearing test. Subject uses the self fitted hearing aids for two weeks then completes COSI and the IOI-HA questionnaires.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of self fitting and professional fitting by COSI scores 4 weeks To compare the professional fitting and the self fitting using the Tuned App, the scores of Client Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI) questionnaire will be used.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of self fitting and professional fitting by IOI-HA scores 4 weeks To compare the subjects' self-reported outcomes between professional fitting and self fitting using the Tuned App, the scores of the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) questionnaires will be used.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ozen-Kashevet Hearing Clinic
🇮🇱Jerusalem, Israel