Hearing Impaired Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Short-term Effects of Complementing an Educational Program for Hearing Aid Users With Internet Support
The purpose of this study is to examine the short-term effects of complementing an educational program for hearing aid users with Internet support.
Audiologic rehabilitation aims to improve communication for people with hearing impairment.
Education is widely regarded as an integral part of rehabilitation, but the effect of the
delivery method of an educational program on the experience of hearing problems has rarely
been investigated in controlled trials. Internet as a complement to audiological
rehabilitation has been tested in different studies with promising results. Though, until
now not applied clinically as a part of an audiological rehabilitation, focused on hearing
aid users with persistent self- reported activity limitation and participation restriction.
The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of complementing an
educational program for hearing aid users with Internet support.
Hearing aid users will randomly be assigned to an intervention group or a control group. The
intervention group is going to have access to a book and to a prepared compendium about
communication strategies via the Internet and will receive weekly topic-based reading
instructions related to the different chapters of the book or the compendium. The group will
also have access to online and telephone support and access to an online discussion forum
where new discussion topics will be posted each week. The project leader will evaluate the
weekly data via the Internet. The control group will only have access to the book's content
via the Internet and will be asked to read and evaluate the content.
The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly, the Communication Strategies Scale, the
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing
Aids will be used to measure the outcomes of this study.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
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