Measurement and Prediction of Outcomes of Amplification

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Hearing Impaired

In brief

The long-term goal of this research program is to develop methods to predict both the benefit and the satisfaction that hearing-impaired patients will derive from auditory amplification in daily life. This proposal has three primary objectives: (1) To determine the influence of extra-audiological variables, such as personality attributes and expectations, on the subjective outcomes of hearing aid fittings, (2) To establish a scientific basis for selection, administration, and interpretation of self-report measures of hearing aid fitting outcome, (3) To resolve the long-standing debate about the efficacy of using clinically measured loudness perception data in hearing aid prescriptions.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00013416
Run by
US Department of Veterans Affairs
People needed
120
Starts
1999-10-01
Expected to finish
2002-09-01
Last updated by the study team
2009-01-21

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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