A Comparison of Hearing Aid Fitting Methods

Launched by SONOVA AG · May 11, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Participants will be fit with hearing aids using two different fitting methods (fitting A and fitting B). The order of the fitting will be randomized such that half of the participants will start out with fitting A and half of the participants will start out with fitting B. All participants will undergo baseline speech testing and answer a questionnaire about their experiences in daily life without hearing aids. All participants will use devices for a period of 1-2 weeks in their daily lives. After this first home trial, participants will return to the clinic where they will answer question...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Mild to moderate bilateral hearing loss
• • First time (new) hearing aid users or experienced hearing aid users
• • Ability to use a smartphone
• • Fluent in English; ability to read and write in English
• • Willing and able to provide informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Self reported ear-related pathology including otorrhea within 90 days, dizziness, sudden onset or worsening of hearing loss within 90 days, visible deformity of the ear, otalgia
• • Unilateral hearing loss
• • Chronic, severe tinnitus