Follow Up of an Online Hearing Support for First-time Hearing Aid Users
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Swedish I-ACE, Clinical visit, No follow-up.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Hearing Loss, Hearing Impairment, Hearing Disorders. Basic parameters: from 20 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Sweden
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Follow Up of an Online Hearing Support for First-time Hearing Aid Users Using the Swedish I-ACE, Clinical Visit or Nothing
Overview
The main questions the research aims to answer are short- and long-term effects on consequences of hearing loss depending on which type of follow-up the participant chooses.
Detailed description
Investigation of the emotional and social consequences of hearing loss that the participants experience, use of communications strategies, experienced listening in complex sound environments and perceived effectiveness and satisfaction with hearing aids. The goal is also to assess changes in use of communication strategies and the emotional consequences, knowledge and acceptance of hearing loss.
Interventions
- Behavioral Swedish I-ACE
Rehabilitative programme with focus on communication strategies and problem solving for people with hearing loss. - Behavioral Clinical visit
Visit in the clinic with focus on audiologic rehabilitation. - Other No follow-up
Participants choosing no follow-up.
Primary outcome measures
- The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) [Time frame: Baseline, about 7 weeks post choice of intervention, and 6 months post intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- The 12-item Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12) [Time frame: Baseline, about 7 weeks post choice of intervention, and 6 months post intervention]
- Communication Strategies Scale (CSS) [Time frame: Baseline, about 7 weeks post choice of intervention, and 6 months post intervention]
- The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) [Time frame: Baseline, about 7 weeks post choice of intervention, and 6 months post intervention]
- Communication and Acceptance Scale (CAS) [Time frame: Baseline, about 7 weeks post choice of intervention, and 6 months post intervention]
- The International Outcome Inventory for Alternative Interventions (IOI-AI) [Time frame: Baseline, about 7 weeks post choice of intervention, and 6 months post intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- People who have participated in NCT06051968 are automatically enrolled to participate in the follow-up according to the study protocol.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Sweden · 1 center
- Audiologimottagningen Lund — Lund
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06468137 · Uppföljning