A Simplified Patient-Centered Educational Tool for Improved Hearing-Aid Outcomes
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Conditions studied: Hearing Loss
In brief
Hearing loss is the second most prevalent service-connected disability among Veterans. Hearing aids are the most common technological intervention for hearing loss. The VA, therefore, spends a considerable amount of money on them. Despite these expenditures, there are some Veterans who do not use their hearing aids successfully. Research has demonstrated that this inconsistent use may be related to a patient's inability to effectively take care of, and use, hearing aids. The proposed investigation will compare the effectiveness of three different tools for enhancing the educational efforts (hearing-aid orientation) typically provided by clinical audiologists when dispensing hearing aids. Each of these educational tools were developed using established methods for improving patient-provider communication. The investigators hypothesize that the use of these tools will result in better hearing-aid outcomes for Veteran patients than using the current standard-of-care procedures.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01940705
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 269
- Starts
- 2014-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-02-21
Who can join
Age: 50 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participants will be Veterans who are receiving hearing aids from the Audiology Clinic at the VA Portland Health Care System and who have had no prior experience using hearing aids. To be included in the study, participants will:
- Be approved and have plans to get bilateral hearing aid fitting at the VA Portland Health Care System .
- Be able to read and converse in English.
You may not qualify if…
- Be younger than 50 years or older than 89 years of age.
- Have a documented diagnosis of neurological, cognitive, visual, or other mental disorder, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, current alcohol or substance abuse, as determined by chart review that would interfere with study completion.
Where it is running
- VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR — Portland, Oregon, United States
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