Status:
COMPLETED
Hearing Aids Use in Elderly: Efficacy in Speech Perception and in Health-related Quality of Life
Lead Sponsor:
Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale di Piacenza
Conditions:
Hearing Loss, Age-Related
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Background: Prevalence of hearing loss increases over age; its estimated prevalence is 40-50% in people older than 75 years. Recent studies agree that modification in the hearing threshold contributes...
Detailed Description
This study wants to identify significant improvement in speech recognition in noise in elderly patients (\>= 65 years) that use HA for the first time and the correlations between the use of the HA and...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \>= 65 years
- First use of unilateral or bilateral HA
- HA partially or totally funded by the National Health System
- Willingness to participate in and to comply with all study procedures
- Fluency in languages used to assess clinical performance
- Able to decide on study participation personally, and independently sign their consent
Exclusion
- Unilateral hearing loss
- Previous use of HA
- Significantly/severely dependent or fragile
- Unable to provide consent personally
- Unable to complete questionnaires for self-assessment independently
- Significant comorbidities preventing study participation (e.g. blindness, immobility or in a wheelchair, severe aphasia, and other)
- Unrealistic expectations on the part of the subject regarding the possible benefits, risks and limitations inherent to the procedure and prosthetic device.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 7 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04333043
Start Date
February 7 2018
End Date
January 1 2024
Last Update
August 1 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto- ENT Department
Piacenza, PC, Italy, 29121