Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in older adults: a prospective controlled study
| Title: | Factors correlated with hearing aids adherence in older adults: a prospective controlled study |
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| Authors: | Sara Ghiselli, Arianna Soncini, Enrico Fabrizi, Daria Salsi, Domenico Cuda |
| Source: | Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 52 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | Objective To investigate which factors influence the adherence to hearing aid (HA) use in elderly patients with moderate-to-severe hearing loss. Methods This observational, prospective, single-centre study enrolled patients with moderate-to-severe hearing loss. They were evaluated before and 1 year after having either one or two HAs fitted. Results A total of 86 patients were enrolled in the study and of these 69.8% (60 of 86; USER group) continued to use their HA at 1 year after fitting; six patients had not continued their use (NON-USERS). The USER group was younger than the NON-USER group, but the difference was not significant. The USER group had a significantly better unaided auditory threshold at baseline than the NON-USER group. HA use resulted in improvements in speech audiometry and auditory threshold. There was also a maintenance of cognitive function in the USER group. Conclusion Use of HA for 1 year resulted in improved auditory performance and an absence of a deterioration of cognitive function. Trial registration: This research was retrospectively registered under no. NCT04333043 at ClinicalTrials.gov ( http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ ) on the 26 March 2020. This research has been registered with the Ethics Committee of the Area Vasta Emilia Nord under number 104, date of approval 17/07/2017. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1473-2300 03000605 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1473-2300 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/03000605241232549 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/ea95282ca7f34375b172a71fbe7a99a8 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.95282ca7f34375b172a71fbe7a99a8 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 14732300 03000605 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/03000605241232549 |
| Published in: | Journal of International Medical Research |
| Language: | English |