Comparison of hearing-aid effectiveness based on user-operated versus traditional audiometry: a randomised clinical trial.
Objective: To investigate whether hearing-aid fitting based on user-operated audiometry is non-inferior to hearing-aid fitting based on traditional audiometry. Design: This non-inferiority randomised clinical trial, took place at Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. In a first visit, partici...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 176 - 184 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194088948&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194088948 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14992027 JW2 jtl: International Journal of Audiology issn: 14992027 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 65 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 194088948 181244510 194088948 194088948 10.1080/14992027.2024.2434897 194088948 ppf: 176 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Comparison of hearing-aid effectiveness based on user-operated versus traditional audiometry: a randomised clinical trial. aug: au: Pedersen, Carl Pedersen, Ellen Raben Laugesen, Søren Sanchez-Lopez, Raul Nielsen, Jacob Sørensen, Chris Bang Schmidt, Jesper Hvass affil: Research Unit for ORL – Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark sug: subj: Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Therapy Hearing Aid Fitting Methods Self Assessment Audiometry, Pure-Tone Methods Hearing Aids Evaluation Treatment Outcomes Human Equivalence Trials Randomized Controlled Trials Random Assignment Male Female Middle Age Aged Funding Source Comparative Studies Academic Medical Centers Denmark Scales Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design Auditory Threshold Hearing Hearing Aids Utilization Prospective Studies Hearing Tests Auditory Acuity Persons with Hearing Disabilities Speech Perception Confidence Intervals Triple-Blind Studies Air Conduction Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Mann-Whitney U Test Unpaired T-Tests Chi Square Test Consumers Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Objective: To investigate whether hearing-aid fitting based on user-operated audiometry is non-inferior to hearing-aid fitting based on traditional audiometry. Design: This non-inferiority randomised clinical trial, took place at Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. In a first visit, participants were tested with traditional audiometry as well as user-operated audiometry and filled in the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12) at baseline. Next, they were randomly divided to receive hearing aids fitted based on either the user-operated (UAud group) or the traditional audiometry (control group) hearing thresholds. After three months of hearing-aid use, participants underwent an aided hearing-in-noise test and completed the SSQ12 again, as well as an additional battery of outcome measures. Study sample: A total of 215 adults with sensorineural hearing impairment referred for bilateral hearing-aid fitting. Results: The before-after change in SSQ12 total scores was not different between the groups as the interaction between test times and groups was −0.06 (95% CI −0.56 to 0.44, p = 0.811). Conclusions: The findings suggest that the HA effectiveness in the UAud group was non-inferior to those observed in the control group. This implies that integrating user-operated audiometry into the clinical system is feasible, offering potential personnel time savings without compromising patient outcomes. Trial Registration: The trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05043207). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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