To test the effectiveness of body-worn, digital hearing aids, model 02 which is developed by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand.
Hearing aids distribution and service system are limited accessed in hearing disabled people in developing countries. The local-made, body-worn, digital hearing aids is developed by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand. The effectiveness of this model will be compares with other standard body-worn, hearing aids in community elders. The functional gain, quality of sound, customers' satisfaction, and quality of life (EQ-5D, HHIE, HUI-3, IOI-HA) are main outcomes.The cost of Screening and hearing aids will be also investigated. The validity and reliability of several tools used such as the Thai-Hearing Handicap Inventory for elderly (HHIE) questionnaire, Music Test, Thai-Five Minute Hearing Test, and Khon Kaen Hearing Aids Evaluation are also studied.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
100
Functional Gain Sound field Speech Audiometry
Phu Wieng district
Khon Kaen, Changwat Khon Kaen, Thailand
RECRUITINGfunctional gain
Different of hearing threshold between aids and un-aids
Time frame: Immediate after hearing aids fitting
Satisfaction
Sound quality satisfaction
Time frame: immediate after hearing aids fitting
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