A Clinical Investigation Comparing a Standard Hearing Aid Fitting Protocol and a Fitting Protocol Optimized for Musicians
A Clinical Investigation Comparing a Standard Hearing Aid Fitting Protocol and a Fitting Protocol Optimized for Musicians
The trial will test whether a standard music program that is an offset to the general program provides the same benefit as a music program that is individually customized for each test participant. The trial seeks to investigate the benefit received by musicians that regularly play an instrument and belong to an organized music group or orchestra instead of people that listen to music.
The initial goal of hearing aids is to amplify speech and facilitate speech understanding especially in noise. Besides speech difficulty, people with hearing loss also report a reduced enjoyment of music. The hearing aid settings used for amplifying speech often have adverse effects on music.
For this study, the sponsor will carry out testing with participants with hearing loss to compare dedicated music programs. The current study will compare the standard music program available in the software to one that is fine-tuned for each subject. The hearing aids that will be used for the study are certified by the European Conformity and have been on the market for almost one year. The goal is to determine whether musicians will perceive a difference and prefer a fine-tuned music program over the default music program in real-life situations.
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