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Hearing Aids for Veterans With Functional Hearing Difficulties

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 79 YearsAllVA Office of Research and Development
NCT06117254 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

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 are very few established options to improve hearing and listening for these patients. To address this need, audiologists are increasingly prescribing hearing aids set to provide a small amount of amplification. Patients may benefit from the amplification or from modern hearing aid features such as noise reduction technology and the ability to stream sounds from a desired sound source directly to their ears thus reducing the background noise. This project will help to determine if prescribing hearing aids to patients without hearing loss is, in fact, beneficial and if so, why. It will also help to determine if some patients benefit more from hearing aids than others so that in the future, rehab

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Criteria: * 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
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What it tests

  • Communication Counseling
  • Hearing Aids
  • Remote Microphones
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Where

1 site
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Portland, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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