Status:
RECRUITING
The Mental Cost and Burden of Listening
Lead Sponsor:
University of Manchester
Collaborating Sponsors:
Sonova AG
Conditions:
Quality of Life (QOL)
Communication Barriers
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-99 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This randomised controlled trial aims to test the effect of hearing adjustment using hearing aids, on the ease and effectiveness of communication such as listening effort, fatigue, and sentence recogn...
Detailed Description
Participants will be asked to allocate up to 1.5 hours of their time for each of the 3 visits to the lab. (in fact all activities planned for each visit are estimated to take less than an hour but we...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Aged 60 or older
- Hearing aid candidate (hearing loss of an average of 25 dB HL or worse)
- Novice to hearing aids
Exclusion
- Younger than 60
- Normal hearing
- Already uses hearing aids
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06951815
Start Date
July 1 2025
End Date
September 30 2025
Last Update
July 11 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness
Manchester, United Kingdom, M13 9PL