Barriers and Facilitators to OTC Hearing Aids Success
A legfontosabb adatok
- Hol
- Iowa City és Nashville (Egyesült Államok)Mind a 2 helyszín megnézése
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- 18 és 89 év között vagy?
Forrás: NCT06499805: ki vehet részt
Helyszínek itt: Egyesült Államok
- University of IowaIowa City, Egyesült ÁllamokContact: Yu-Hsiang Wu, PhDRésztvevőt keres
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Egyesült ÁllamokContact: Todd Ricketts, PhDRésztvevőt keres
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- Milyen gyakran kell bejárnom, és egy-egy alkalom mennyi ideig tart?
- Megtérítik az utazási költséget?
- Megtarthatom a saját orvosomat?
- Mi történik, ha ki akarok lépni?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Oldal nyomtatása az orvosomnakA vizsgálat adatai
- Ki végzi
- Yu-Hsiang Wu
- Azonosító
- NCT06499805
- A regiszteradat frissítve
- 2026. november 2.
- Eredeti leírás
Hearing aids can improve hearing, communication, and overall quality of life for people with hearing loss. However, not many people use hearing aids. A common reason is that hearing aids are expensive and hard to get. The traditional way to get hearing aids involves multiple visits to licensed audiologists for identifying hearing loss, customizing the aids, and ongoing maintenance. This traditional method is called the AUD pathway.A teljes eredeti leírásKevesebb
Hearing aids can improve hearing, communication, and overall quality of life for people with hearing loss. However, not many people use hearing aids. A common reason is that hearing aids are expensive and hard to get. The traditional way to get hearing aids involves multiple visits to licensed audiologists for identifying hearing loss, customizing the aids, and ongoing maintenance. This traditional method is called the AUD pathway.
Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids offer a different approach. They aim to make hearing aids more affordable and accessible, encouraging earlier use. In the OTC pathway, users diagnose their own hearing loss and fit and program the hearing aids themselves. Little is known about long-term effects of OTC hearing aids on users.
This study aims to compare the experiences of people who choose the OTC pathway with those who choose the AUD pathway. It takes place in two locations: Iowa City, IA, and Nashville, TN. Participants, who have mild-to-moderate hearing loss, choose their preferred pathway and are followed for 12 months. In the OTC pathway, participants buy their hearing aids directly from OTC companies or retailers. In the AUD pathway, prescription hearing aids and fitting services are provided by audiology clinics at the University of Iowa and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Participants are contacted 1, 6, and 12 months after starting to use their hearing aids. Researchers measure their satisfaction about hearing aids and other outcomes. If participants stop using their hearing aids, researchers assess their engagement with post-amplification hearing care. The results from both pathways are then compared.
Bevonási feltételek: adult-onset, perceived bilateral mild-to-moderate hearing loss; no previous hearing aid experience.
Kizáró feltételek: Non-native speaker of English.