Fitting Strategy Study

NCT ID: NCT04972162

Last Updated: 2025-09-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-07-26

Study Completion Date

2021-11-12

Brief Summary

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To be conducted with adult participants with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to validate the effectiveness of the Web App fitting strategy. Validation measures participant's perceived hearing aid benefit when using the Web App fitted hearing aids and when using standard-of-care fitted hearing aids.

Detailed Description

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A prospective, randomized controlled, adaptive design, non-inferiority, pre-market and NSR device study. Completed in 26 adult subjects with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to validate the effectiveness of a Web App fitting strategy. Validation measured subject´s perceived hearing aid benefit when using the Web App fitted hearing aids and when using standard-of-care fitted hearing aids.

The adaptive study design began with a cross-over design of the first 12 subjects. At the interim analysis, the possibility of an interaction effect was evaluated as a nuisance parameter. In the absence of an interaction effect, the study was completed in cross-over design.

The standard-of-care fitted hearing aids were fitted to National Acoustic Laboratories Nonlinear Version 2 (NAL-NL2) prescriptive targets, verified by probe-mic real-ear measures (REM). The null hypothesis (H0) was that subject´s perceived hearing aids benefit using Web App fitted hearing aids is inferior to perceived benefit using standard-of-care fitted hearing aids, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was that subject´s perceived hearing aids benefit using Web App fitted hearing aids is non-inferior to that using standard-of-care fitted hearing aids.

Conditions

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Hearing Loss, Sensorineural

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Caregivers
The masking only done at the final visit.

Study Groups

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Web-App-fitted Hearing Aid, Then Standard-of-care fitted Hearing Aid

Patients self-fitted the web-app-fitted hearing aids and wore them in a home-trial for 14 days. After a washout period of 5 days, they were fitted by a hearing care professional with the Standard-of-care fitted hearing aids and wore those in a home-trial for 14 days.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Web App Strategy Fitting

Intervention Type DEVICE

Web App Strategy fitting of hearing aids

Standard-of-care Fitting

Intervention Type DEVICE

Standard-of-care fitting of hearing aids

Standard-of-care-fitted Hearing Aid, Then Web-App-fitted hearing Aid

Patients were fitted by a hearing care professional with the Standard-of-care fitted hearing aids and wore them in a home-trial for 14 days. After a washout period of 5 days, they self-fitted the web-app-fitted hearing aids and wore those in a home-trial for 14 days.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Web App Strategy Fitting

Intervention Type DEVICE

Web App Strategy fitting of hearing aids

Standard-of-care Fitting

Intervention Type DEVICE

Standard-of-care fitting of hearing aids

Interventions

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Web App Strategy Fitting

Web App Strategy fitting of hearing aids

Intervention Type DEVICE

Standard-of-care Fitting

Standard-of-care fitting of hearing aids

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults 18 years of age or older,
* Self-perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment,
* Signed informed consent form (ICF),
* Fluent in English listening and reading comprehension,
* With or without prior experience with hearing aids. At least four subjects and maximum 30% of the total number of subjects enrolled in this study will have prior hearing aid experience.
* Measured audiogram with at least four of the test frequencies 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 3000 Hz, and 4000 Hz within fitting range of Web App fitted hearing aid

Exclusion Criteria

* Hearing aids do not fit into the person's ears with any of the offered silicone 'Click Sleeves' instant ear tips.
* Abnormal conditions:

* Severe hearing loss or deafness in at least one ear.
* A steep decline in hearing ability within the last 90 days in one or both ears.
* Active discharge within the last 90 days.
* Dizziness.
* A visible deformity of the ear.
* Pain, or discomfort in the ear, or significant ear wax accumulation.
* Audiometric air-bone gap equal to or greater than 15 decibels at 500 hertz Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of South Dakota

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

WSAUD A/S

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lindsey Jorgensen

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of South Dakota

Locations

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University of South Dakota, USD Speech and Hearing Clinic

Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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D00232675

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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