Auditory Rehabilitation From the Perspective of the Significant Other

VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research1 site in 1 country10 target enrollmentMarch 2013

ConditionsHearing Loss

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Hearing Loss
Sponsor: VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
Enrollment: 10
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: post-use subjective opinions regarding the hearing aids
Status: Terminated
Last Updated: 11 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of enhanced patient-centered counseling (PCC) and the influence of spousal involvement in pre-fitting counseling on hearing-aid outcomes.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2013

End Date

October 2013

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

M. Samantha Lewis, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Both men and women with hearing loss and their live-in partners will serve as subjects in this study. The subjects with hearing loss will have a mild to moderately-severe hearing loss in both of the ears, will have word recognition scores of 40% or better bilaterally, and will be about to get new hearing aids. Live-in partners may also have up to a moderately-severe degree of hearing loss but cannot have prior experience with hearing aids nor have plans to get hearing aids during the course of their participation in this study. Their word recognition scores should also be 40% or better bilaterally. All subjects also will meet the following additional inclusion criteria:
•Age 20-85 years;
•Intact mental status as assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE; Folstein, Folstein \& McHugh, 1975);
•No evidence of any major medical illness requiring long-term assistive care, as determined by the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz, Down, Cash \&Grotz, 1970);
•Able to read and respond to English; and
•Willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in this investigation.