Predicting Hearing Aid Benefit
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigating Speech-in-Noise and Cognitive Predictors of Hearing Aid Benefit.
IRAS ID
173094
Contact name
Piers Dawes
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Faculty Research Practice Co-Ordinator - University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
The NHS in in a position where it has finite resources to deliver audiology services in the face of growing demand. Around 6 million people in the UK could potentially benefit from hearing aids, around 2 million of these have been fitted, but only 1.4 million use their hearing aids regularly.
In this context, identifying those who are more or less likely to benefit from amplification has enormous potential to help make the most of the resources the NHS can offer, and identify those likely to struggle early-on.
The present study investigates whether hearing aid benefit can be predicted from quick additional tests that can be conducted in the audiology clinic. There are two cognitive measures (measures of reaction time and of working memory) and two speech-in-noise hearing measures (using the broadband digit triplet test (BB-DTT) and the high-frequency digit triplet test (HF-DTT)).
Benefit will be assessed using two questionnaires.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0850
Date of REC Opinion
20 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion