Phase 2 N=135 Randomized Treatment

Clinical Trial of the "Living Well With Hearing Loss Workshop"

Hearing Loss · Stress

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

135

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Mar 2014

Primary outcome: Primary: Communication Profile for Hearing Impaired: Maladaptive Strategies Subscale — 0.33; 0.37 score on a scale — p=0.69

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: Phase 2
Interventions: The Living Well with Hearing Loss Workshop (Behavioral); hearing aid services (Device)
Age: Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs
Primary completion: Feb 2009

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Communication Profile for Hearing Impaired: Maladaptive Strategies Subscale	0.33; 0.37	0.69
PRIMARY Communication Profile for Hearing Impaired: Verbal Strategies Subscale	-0.34; -0.23	0.42
PRIMARY Communication Profile for Hearing Impaired : Non-verbal Strategies Subscale	-0.22; -0.22	0.97

Summary

This study evaluates whether a 2 hour group session, "The Living Well with Hearing Loss Workshop," can successfully teach hard of hearing people how to best use hearing aids and a variety of personal skills to compensate for the limitations of their impaired ears.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects are users of new hearing aids with mild to severe hearing loss in better ear.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient has been in aural rehabilitation in the past 2 years, or has a condition besides hearing loss that affects age-appropriate social activity.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00323427). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.