Benefit assessment of hearing aid use in children and teenagers
- Conditions
- hearing lossEar - Deafness
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000321044
- Lead Sponsor
- ilvia Soares Aurelio
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 63
Participated in this study, hearing impaired individuals which were fitted with hearing aids in Laboratory of Hearing of of Federal University of Santa Maria (FUSM) through the health care program for hearing of this institution. This program is in effect since 2005 and serves the municipalities in the average complexity of the macro-Midwest region of Rio Grande do Sul.
Were evaluated only individuals whose parents or guardians have agreed to the procedures necessary to implement the search and signed a consent form after receiving clarification on the purpose and methodology of the proposed study.
To be part of the research, the established inclusion criteria were: age between 03 and 14 years and a minimum of three months of use of amplification, because clinical experience has shown that this is a reasonable time to adjust to hearing aids, and able to verify the actual results of the intervention, since the benefits from the use of amplification do not emerge immediately (Weinstein, 1996).
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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