RECRUITING

Hearing Aids for Veterans With Functional Hearing Difficulties

Study Overview

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Description

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, rehabilitation strategies can be better targeted toward individuals.

Official Title

Evaluating Device-based Rehabilitation for Veterans With Functional Hearing Difficulties: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Quick Facts

Study Start:2025-03-09
Study Completion:2028-03-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06117254

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 79 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Veteran eligible for VA Healthcare
  2. * Ability to travel to VA Portland Medical Center for repeated visits
  3. * 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
  4. * HHIA scores of 24 or greater indicating moderate to significant perceived hearing handicap
  1. * Conductive hearing loss or other significant otologic problems
  2. * Non-native English speakers
  3. * Inability to perform experimental tasks
  4. * Pure-tone interaural threshold asymmetries greater than 15 dB between 250 and 4000 Hz

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Melissa A Papesh, PhD
CONTACT
(503) 220-8262
Melissa.Papesh@va.gov

Principal Investigator

Melissa A Papesh, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Study Locations (Sites)

VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon, 97207-2964
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Melissa A Papesh, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2025-03-09
Study Completion Date2028-03-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2025-03-09
Study Completion Date2028-03-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Auditory Perception
  • Hearing
  • Acoustic Stimulation

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Auditory Processing Disorder