Predicting Success With Hearing Aids

Completed

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss, Presbycusis

In brief

The primary complaint of individuals with hearing loss is difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Although hearing aids help individuals understand speech in background noise better, there is a high rate of hearing aid rejection in part due to continued difficulty understanding speech in complex listening situations. The results of this study may demonstrate that speech-in-noise test results can be a predictor of hearing aid success. The results of this study also may lead to further studies that can evaluate interventions to improve hearing aid success for individuals who are identified as unsuccessful hearing aid users.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00371449

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

120

Starts

2006-11-01

Expected to finish

2009-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adult onset of hearing loss,
• symmetrical, sensorineural hearing loss,
• no more than 60 dB HL hearing loss measured via an average of air conduction thresholds at .5, 1, and 2 kHz in each ear, and
• use of binaural hearing aids of the same make and model for each ear
• at least 3 months of hearing aid use.

You may not qualify if…

• enrollment in group audiologic rehabilitation classes,
• currently using an FM system,
• inability to read and write American English, and
• signs of middle ear or retrocochlear pathology.

Where it is running

• James H. Quillen VA Medical Center — Mountain Home, Tennessee, United States

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