Hearing aid effectiveness after aural rehabilitation: individual versus group trial results

Margaret P Collins; Chuan-Fen Liu; Leslie Taylor; Pamela E Souza; Bevan Yueh

doi:10.1682/JRRD.2012.03.0049

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Hearing aid effectiveness after aural rehabilitation: individual versus group trial results

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Hearing aid effectiveness after aural rehabilitation: individual versus group trial results

Margaret P Collins, Chuan-Fen Liu, Leslie Taylor, Pamela E Souza and Bevan Yueh

Journal of rehabilitation research and development, Vol.50(4), pp.585-598

01/01/2013

DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2012.03.0049

PMID: 23934877

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Abstract

We designed this noninferiority randomized trial to determine (1) if group hearing aid fitting visits and group hearing aid follow-up visits were at least as effective as individual visits in terms of hearing-related function (measured with the Inner Effectiveness of Auditory Rehabilitation [EAR] scale) and adherence, and (2) if group visits were less costly over the 6 mo post-fitting period. For 644 participants randomized to receive their hearing aid visits in an individual or group format at the Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 6 mo outcomes showed no significant differences in Inner EAR scores between individual and group fitting (p = 0.53) or follow-up (p = 0.11), or in the number of hours per day hearing aids were worn between individual and group fitting (p = 0.90) or follow-up (p = 0.24). We found significantly higher cost for individual compared with group fitting (p < 0.001) and follow-up (p < 0.001). We conclude that outcomes for group hearing aid fitting and hearing aid follow-up visits were not inferior to individual hearing aid fitting and follow-up visits, with group fitting and follow-up visits yielding cost savings.

Aged

Correction of Hearing Impairment

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Follow-Up Studies

Hearing Aids

Humans

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Prospective Studies

Prosthesis Fitting

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Title: Subtitle: Hearing aid effectiveness after aural rehabilitation: individual versus group trial results
Creators: Margaret P Collins - VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Chuan-Fen Liu
Leslie Taylor
Pamela E Souza
Bevan Yueh
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of rehabilitation research and development, Vol.50(4), pp.585-598
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2012.03.0049
PMID: 23934877
NLM abbreviation: J Rehabil Res Dev
ISSN: 0748-7711
eISSN: 1938-1352
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2013
Academic Unit: Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984966745002771

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