Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Rehabilitation Program for Hearing and Communication Disorders in Elderly People in Nursing Homes.

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Conditions studied: Deafness

In brief

In France, 64% of residents in nursing homes have moderate to severe hearing loss and only 12% are treated with hearing aids. Yet the extra-auditory consequences of presbycusis are numerous: general fatigue, isolation, anxiety and depression. France counted 620 000 nursing home beds in 2020 and this number increases each year by an average of 2% (DREES (Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics), France, 2019). Only few studies have focused on hearing disorders in this population, given the importance of their communication difficulties (Solheim J et al., 2016, Kimball A et al., 2017 ). The population in nursing homes is for 80% over 80 years old (DREES (Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics) survey, France, 2014). This same survey looked at the proportion of people with functional hearing limitations and their severity depending on where they live. The highest rates were found among people living in institutions (regardless of the degree of functional hearing limitations), with 42% of people living in nursing homes and senior residences who have hearing functional limitations against 15.9 % of those living at home The present study is interested in the management of hearing and communication disorders in nursing homes residents by setting up a program for the rehabilitation of these disorders, based on the use of a simple hearing device by the nursing home staff.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07321691

Run by

University Hospital, Toulouse

People needed

40

Starts

2026-09-01

Expected to finish

2028-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-19

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• residents in nursing homes with hearing impairment (HHIE-S (Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Screening and pure tone audiometry)
• with an MMS (Mini Mental State) score> 15
• with a GIR Group ≥ à 3 affiliated to a social security scheme
• French speaking

You may not qualify if…

• wearing any type of hearing aid at the time of inclusion
• having followed a similar training program
• Subjects under juridical protections or tutelage measure
• unable to answer questions and participate in group activities
• with associated life-threatening pathologies and/or a life expectancy in EHPAD of less than 6 months

Where it is running

• University Hospital Toulouse — Toulouse, France

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