Evaluating the Benefits of Aural Rehabilitation for Adult Users of Entry-Level Hearing Aids
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Self-Perceived Hearing Aid Benefit
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this mixed methods clinical trial is to determine whether a Clinically Streamlined and Structured Aural Rehabilitation (CSSAR) intervention improves hearing aid outcomes for new adult users, age 55 years and older, of entry-level hearing aid technology compared with adults who receive standard audiological care.
The main questions are:
- Does the CSSAR intervention result in greater hearing aid benefit, improved aided speech-in-noise performance, and reduced self-perceived hearing handicap among adult users of entry-level hearing aids compared with those who receive standard care, such as a hearing aid evaluation, fitting, and orientation, without a structured aural rehabilitation program?
- How do new adult users of entry-level hearing aids perceive audiological care practices with and without the CSSAR intervention?
Participants will be asked to complete four to five sessions. These sessions may include baseline testing, participation in the CSSAR intervention, two follow-up sessions, and a focus group. For participants in the intervention group, the CSSAR intervention will include a training session with a primary communication partner, followed by use of a mobile auditory training program.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 55 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age 55 and over
- •Bilateral, symmetric sensorineural hearing loss
- •New users of binaural entry-level Phonak Receiver-in-Canal hearing aids (for experimental control)
- •Proficiency in English (in order to understand consent documents, experimental English speech recognition tests, and clinically streamlined and structured aural rehabilitation (CSSAR) trainings)
排除标准
- •Score < 23 on cognitive screener
- •Unilateral or asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss
- •Conductive or mixed hearing loss
- •Experienced hearing aid users or users of advanced level hearing aids
- •Less than proficient English speaker
结局指标
主要结局
Self-Perceived Hearing Aid Benefit
时间窗: Baseline, 3 Months Post Phase I CSSAR Intervention, 3 Months Post Phase II CSSAR Intervention
Change in self-perceived hearing aid benefit will be measured using The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB). The APHAB is a 24-item questionnaire consisting of listening experiences across a range of situations with and without hearing aids. Participants indicate on a 7-item scale the percentage of time in which the statement is true from Always (99% of the time) to Never (1% of the time) when unaided and when aided with their devices. The APHAB is a well-used and -accepted clinical questionnaire of perceived hearing aid benefit. Each item loads onto one of four subscales (Ease of Communication, Background Noise, Reverberation, and Aversiveness). Benefit is calculated by subtracting the aided average from the unaided average. The APHAB Benefit score (excluding the Aversiveness subscale) score will be used for analyses, with higher scores suggesting greater benefit.
Self-Perceived Hearing Handicap
时间窗: Baseline, 3 Months Post Phase I CSSAR Intervention, 3 Months Post Phase II CSSAR Intervention
Change in self-perceived hearing handicap will be measured using the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory (R-HHI). Based on the original Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) and for the elderly (HHIE), the R-HHI consists of 18 items related to hearing-related aspects of psychosocial health including "Does a hearing problem cause you to feel left out when you are with a group of people." The respondent is asked to rate each item with "Yes", "Sometimes", and "No", which correspond to scores of 4, 2, and 0 respectively. Because the R-HHI contains common items across both HHIA and HHIE, it can be used for adults across all ages. The total score will be used for analyses, with higher scores corresponding to greater perceived hearing handicap.
Word Recognition in Noise
时间窗: Baseline, 3 Months Post Phase I CSSAR Intervention, 3 Months Post Phase II CSSAR Intervention
Change in word recognition performance will be measured using the Words in Noise (WIN) Test. The WIN consists of Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 (NU-6) monosyllabic words, a standardized set of phonetically balanced words commonly used to assess speech-recognition ability, presented in the presence of 6-talker babble that is fixed at 80 dB SPL. There are 35 target words spoken by a female talker within a single list for the WIN, with the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) decreasing from +24 dB (easiest) to 0 (most difficult) by 4 dB every 5 words. Following practice, two word lists will be administered and averaged to obtain a total score reflected as percent correct. WIN Lists 1 and 2 will be counterbalanced across participants and alternated across the follow-up visits to minimize systematic list-order and repeated-exposure. This total percent of words scored as correct across the two lists will be used for analyses with a higher percentage suggesting better performance.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Kristina Bowdrie
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University