Evaluation of Efficacy and Patient Acceptance of Sound Amplifier Téo First, in Mild and Moderate Presbycusis Patient 60 Years of Age and Older, With no Previous Hearing Aid

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice31 enrolled

Overview

A personal sound amplifying device (PASP) like Teo First is a wearable electronic product that is not intended to compensate for impaired hearing, but rather is intended for non-hearing impaired consumers to amplify sounds in the environment for a number of reasons, such as for recreational activities. Nevertheless, a lot of mild and moderate impaired hearing people don't want to buy and wear all day a real hearing aid. The goal of our study is to evaluate the benefit of such a device for mild and moderate presbycusis patient 60 years of age and older, with no previous hearing aid.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mild and Moderate Presbycusis

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Wish to increase hearing * Moral commitment to use the device * Ability to understand the study * Mild and moderate presbycusis (20 to 50 dB average hearing loss at 500, 1000, 2000 Hz and 4000 Hz) * Patient 60 years of age and older, * No previous hearing aid Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to use the device * Previous use of a hearing aid * local intolerance

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Audiometric tests (pure tone and speech) in silence and noise, with and without Teofirst

Time frame: 7 to 15 days after the first use of Teofirst

Secondary Outcomes

audiometric and mental tests

* Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile (GHABP) * Acceptability and use questionnaire * ANL (Acceptable Noise Level) test * Mini Mental State Examination * Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)

Time frame: D7 to 15 and D 40