Effectiveness of NECTEC Model, Body-worn, Digital Hearing Aids and Cost of Screening and Hearing Aids Service in Elders
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- functional gain
研究概览
简要总结
To test the effectiveness of body-worn, digital hearing aids, model 02 which is developed by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand.
详细描述
Hearing aids distribution and service system are limited accessed in hearing disabled people in developing countries. The local-made, body-worn, digital hearing aids is developed by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand. The effectiveness of this model will be compares with other standard body-worn, hearing aids in community elders. The functional gain, quality of sound, customers' satisfaction, and quality of life (EQ-5D, HHIE, HUI-3, IOI-HA) are main outcomes.The cost of Screening and hearing aids will be also investigated. The validity and reliability of several tools used such as the Thai-Hearing Handicap Inventory for elderly (HHIE) questionnaire, Music Test, Thai-Five Minute Hearing Test, and Khon Kaen Hearing Aids Evaluation are also studied.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 90 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •older than 60 years
- •bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- •PTA (0.5-2 KHz) of better ear > 40 DB but <75 dB
- •no deformity of pinna and ear canal
- •new or unexperienced hearing aids user
- •can communicate with Thai or local language
排除标准
- •speech discrimination <40%
- •suspected of retrocochlear lesion
结局指标
主要结局
functional gain
时间窗: Immediate after hearing aids fitting
Different of hearing threshold between aids and un-aids
次要结局
- Satisfaction(immediate after hearing aids fitting)
研究者
Kwanchanok Yimtae, M.D.
Assoc. Prof. Kwanchanok Yimtae
Khon Kaen University