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This project investigates how self-monitoring of hearing aids through an AI-based mobile app can complement physical and digital healthcare visits. The aim is to increase patient involvement in rehabilitation, enable hearing aid adjustments in everyday sound environments, and improve access to hearing care.
Considering the growing population, healthcare is increasingly focusing on integrating digital solutions into care. Such solutions typically require active patient participation and have the potential to positively impact person-centered care.
The purpose of this project is to investigate the outcomes of complementing physical and/or digital hearing care visits with patient self-monitoring of hearing aids. Participants will undergo the standard steps of the hearing rehabilitation process. In addition, the intervention group will be offered the opportunity to self-monitor their hearing aids between physical and/or digital appointments using artificial intelligence (AI) integrated into a mobile application provided by a hearing aid supplier.
The focus is to increase patient involvement in the rehabilitation process, utilize adjustment possibilities in everyday sound environments, and improve access to hearing care for the target population.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | Self-monitoring of hearing aids. ALl participants in this group are offered self-monitoring of hearing aids. |
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| Standard care | Other | All participants in this group are offered traditional hearing care. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-monitoring of hearing aids using artificial intelligence | Device | Self-monitoring of hearing aids using artificial intelligence |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening | Evaluates self-perceived psychosocial and emotional effects of hearing loss. Min 0 to max 100 points. Higher points equal greater self-perceived hearing problems. | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Client Oriented Scale of Improvement | Not reporting score on a scale. | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months |
| Communication Strategies Scale of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids | The IOI-HA measures seven different variables where higher points equal better outcomes. The variables are use, benefit, activity limitation, satisfaction, participation restriction, impact on environment, and quality of life. | At the end of treatment at 6 months |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Milijana M Malmberg, PhD | Contact | +46703803663 | milijana.lundberg.malmberg@vgregion.se |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Milijana M Malmberg, PhD | Habilitering & Hälsa | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
| ID | Term |
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| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
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| Traditional hearing care at our clinics. | Other | Traditional hearing care at our clinics |
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The CSS includes three subscales: the Maladaptive Behaviours, nine questions addressing strategies that complicate communication, and Verbal Strategies and Nonverbal Strategies, both of which address 16 items related to strategies that can improve communication. The scoring for all three subscales reflects how frequently a specific strategy occurs in different situations.
| From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months |
| D009461 |
| Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |