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Many hearing aid users experience substantial communication difficulties that may affect their participation in daily life situations negatively. One of the reasons for experiencing remaining problems could be due to unrealistic expectations, another reason could be that the hearing aid is not well adjusted or that the hearing aid user didn't got sufficient support and follow-up from the audiologist.
The purpose of this project is to offer remote hearing aid adjustment as an additional support for new hearing aid users.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | Remote hearing aid adjustment. All participants in this group are offered hearing aids possible to adjust remotely. |
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| Control group | Active Comparator | Traditional hearing aid adjustment |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Remote HA adjustment | Device | The intervention group is offered remote hearing aid adjustment whilst the control group is offered traditional hearing aid adjustment the requires physical appointments at the clinic. Remote hearing aid adjustment is applicable through mobile applications that hearing aid users download to their mobile phones. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly/Adults (HHIE/A) | Assessing emotional and social outcomes of a hearing loss; minimum 0 points to maximum 100 points, a higher score means worse outcome. | Change" is being assessed: at baseline, directly after completed rehabilitation, 6 months post and 1 year post. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) | Measures subjective hearing loss in four typical hearing situations (subscales). There are six items for each subscale. Each item is answered for "without my hearing aid" and "with my hearing aid". Each item is a statement associated with a percentage of occasions (1%_Never, 12%_Seldom, 25%_Occasionally, 50%_Half-the-time, 75%_Generally, 87%_Almost Always, 99%_Always) |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Hearing Clinic, Hearing Organization | Borås | Vastra Gotalandsregion | 501 82 | Sweden |
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| Traditional hearing aid | Other | Traditional hearing aid |
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| Change" is being assessed: at baseline, directly after completed rehabilitation, 6 months post and 1 year post. |