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Filter by:This study evaluates the treatment efficacy of tinnitus in people with mild hearing loss. One-third of participants will use hearing aid, one-third of participants will use customized music, while the other one-third participants will receive no treatment (waiting list control).
the objectives of the study is to Evaluate the effectiveness of "The Interfaces Program" to promote person's components, performance and improving the work environment of people with disabilities.
This project will complete a long-term follow up for children that have received cochlear implants (CI) early in life and had their CI's programmed based on objective measurements. At Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, generally, all younger children (0-3 years), the last ten years, had their CI's programmed based on objective measurements. The programming of the CI carried out during the first year after the surgical insertion is done on the foundation of the objective measurements and is generally what the child will live with thereafter. This method also seem to be close to other clinics in Sweden and the rest of the world, however, there are no specific guidelines regarding the how the programming of the CI is to be carried out on small children. To this date there are no studies, to our knowledge, that have confirmed the validity of using these objective measurements and if it is the best for the child. We therefore aim to do a long term follow up on children that have received CI and programmed this way, and study if there would be beneficial to redo the programming when the child is old enough to actively participate. The aim with this project is evaluate how suitable it is to mainly use objective measurements when programming the cochlear implant and, in addition to this, examine if the children's hearing can be improved if the programming is based on the behavioral measurements of sound when the children are old enough to participate in such. It will examine what happens with the end result if the programming foundation differentiates from one another; if there are any measurable differences in hearing skills. The result from this project expects to generate knowledge that is highly important for those working with small children receiving CI's, and by extension it will benefit the children that rely on this device in there every day life.
Previous research has proposed employing telehealth in hearing healthcare to improve clinical care and increase access to hearing services. Several studies have shown that hearing support can be carried out without in-person meetings and lead to significant benefits for hearing aid users. Interventions for persons with hearing impairment improve communication and improve outcomes more than hearing aid use alone. The first purpose of this study is needs-oriented and the second purpose is research-oriented. The needs-oriented purpose of this project is to, via a national website of health information and services for Sweden, provide needed online support to hearing aid users. The research-oriented purpose of this project is to document the effectiveness of the online support compared to traditional support that the Hearing Organization, provides ("standard care").
Despite being effective, the majority of people who would benefit from using hearing aids do not access them. For those who do obtain hearing aids, around 20% do not wear them regularly. People often do not use their hearing aids because they continue to experience difficulties when listening to and understanding speech in noisy situations. Conventional hearing aids must be programmed and adjusted by a trained audiologist with specialist equipment and therefore provide limited user-control over the hearing aid's functionality. In comparison to conventional hearing aids, Smartphone-connected hearing aids enable patients to adjust their programmes themselves in different situations using a Smartphone application. Smartphone-connectivity can supplement clinical practices, as patients can adjust their hearing aids without the need to visit the clinic. This has the potential to empower patients to be actively involved in their own hearing healthcare. A systematic review assessing the effectiveness of alternative listening devices showed that there is no published high-quality research assessing the clinical effectiveness of Smartphone-connected hearing aids. Furthermore, a usability research study has shown that patients want to personalise and adjust their own HA programmes to meet their individual needs. Having carried out the early development work, the next step would be to carry out a study to evaluate smartphone-connected hearing aids, in accordance with the MRC guidelines on developing and evaluating complex interventions. This study will assess the benefits of a smartphone application, eAdjust that has been developed for use with Phonak Audeo B90-Direct hearing aids. The eAdjust app connects to the hearing aid via Bluetooth, and enables hearing aid users to fine-tune their hearing aids via their smartphone. The benefits of the eAdjust app will be assessed in the real-world as well as in the laboratory. A mixed methods approach will be taken, using both behavioural and patient reported outcomes.
The population in rural Alaska, which is predominately Alaska Native, experiences a disproportionately high burden of hearing loss compared to the general US population. The impact of untreated hearing loss in early childhood is tremendous and has grave implications for school achievement. Preschool children with hearing loss experience speech and language delays and are less likely to be ready for kindergarten than their normal-hearing peers. Early identification and treatment can reverse these ill effects. Importantly, the majority of hearing loss in this age group in rural Alaska is infection-mediated, arising from acute and chronic otitis media that is treatable. In response, preschool hearing screening is federally mandated at all Head Start centers across the country. In accordance with this mandate, hearing screening is already performed by the three organizations that offer early childhood education in the Norton Sound region: Kawerak Inc, RurAL CAP, and Bering Strait School District. While the concept of screening in this age group is well established nationally, what is less well understood is the optimal screening protocol for preschool children. There is little evidence evaluating sensitivity and specificity of different screening protocols in this age group. Further, loss to follow up in the referral stage is a problem in preschool hearing screening just as it is in school hearing screening. Alaska has already developed innovative strategies to address hearing loss. A network of village health clinics staffed by community health aides provide local care, and telemedicine has been adopted in over 250 village clinics statewide. Despite being widely available, telemedicine has not yet been used to speed up the referral process for preventive services such as hearing screening. Norton Sound Health Corporation has partnered with Duke and Johns Hopkins Universities to evaluate hearing screening and referral processes in early childhood education in the Norton Sound region of northwest Alaska. Preschool children will receive screening from the preschool and a new mHealth screening protocol. These will be compared against a benchmark audiometric assessment to determine sensitivity and specificity. Communities will then be randomized to continue the current primary care referral process or to adopt telemedicine referral. The primary outcome will be time to ICD-10 ear/hearing diagnosis. Secondary outcomes will include sensitivity and specificity of screening protocols and prevalence of hearing loss. The goal of this study is to evaluate the optimal screening and referral strategy for preschool children in rural Alaska.
This is a phase 1/2 study of FX-322 at two dose levels compared to placebo in male and female adults otherwise healthy with stable sensorineural hearing loss.
Primary objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of SENS-401 on hearing loss in comparison to placebo at the end of the 4-week treatment period
Aim 1: Establish the feasibility of screening for hearing loss in the ED Aim 2: Determine the acceptability of the screening procedure (among the ED population) Aim 3: Derive a preliminary estimate of the effect size of primary outcomes Aim 4: Identify the evidence that decision makers in Veteran Affair Medical Centers, ED and Audiology Services need to commit to this approach
Pomegranate has anti-oxidative capacity. It might reduce symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, Drug-induced hepatitis, and might prevent deterioration of cardiovascular diseases and cancer progression. But, the beneficial effects of pomegranate on hearing impairment was still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the beneficial effects of pomegranate on hearing impairment by a prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial design. The investigators'll include 120 elderly patients without hemodialysis in our hospital, and divided them into 2 groups. Control group will receive placebo treatment; pomegranate group will receive oral pomegranate (500 mg, twice per day). All patients received the above treatment for 9 months, and underwent pure tone audiometry and word discrimination scores before the start of the clinical trial and at the end of the treatment (9th month).