Status:
RECRUITING
Hearing Aids for Veterans With Functional Hearing Difficulties
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Auditory Processing Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-79 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Every year, approximately 100,000 Veterans seek help at VA Audiology clinics for hearing and communication difficulties only to learn that they have normal hearing sensitivity. Unfortunately, there ar...
Detailed Description
At least 10% of Veterans seeking help in VA audiology clinics have clinically normal audiograms, a figure that broadly confirms a recent prevalence study indicating that 33.6% of current active-duty m...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Veteran eligible for VA Healthcare
- Ability to travel to VA Portland Medical Center for repeated visits
- Pure-tone thresholds of no more than 30 dB HL at frequencies between 500 and 3000 Hz, and no more than 40 dB HL at 4000 Hz
- HHIA scores of 24 or greater indicating moderate to significant perceived hearing handicap
Exclusion
- Conductive hearing loss or other significant otologic problems
- Non-native English speakers
- Inability to perform experimental tasks
- Pure-tone interaural threshold asymmetries greater than 15 dB between 250 and 4000 Hz
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 9 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 31 2028
Estimated Enrollment :
142 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06117254
Start Date
March 9 2025
End Date
March 31 2028
Last Update
May 2 2025
Active Locations (1)
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VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97207-2964