The RESONATE Project: Predictors of hearing aid use in infants

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The RESONATE project: Clinical and sociocultural predictors of hearing aid use in infants aged 0-3

• IRAS ID

  343913

• Contact name

  Emilee Gosnell

• Contact email

  eag57@cam.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Cambridge

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 6 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Infants with permanent hearing loss at birth are at higher risk of delayed speech and language development, poor socio-emotional development and lower academic attainment without appropriate intervention. Due to the UK NHSP, hearing losses are identified early and intervention can begin in the first weeks of life. Optimal usage time of hearing aids is around 10 hours per day, however datalogging (an option on hearing aid software to view the average time use per day) from many infants aged 0-3 with hearing aids show inconsistent usage.
  This study will investigate use time across different sites, patterns in usage over time and if there are any characteristics that can predict hearing aid usage. The study is the first step to performing further research into habilitation interventions for infants to increase hearing aid usage and developmental outcomes. 
  

• REC name

  London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  25/PR/0560

• Date of REC Opinion

  13 May 2025

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion