Aging, Cognition, and Hearing Evaluation in Elders Study
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Other Indications |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 70 - 84 |
| Updated: | 2/13/2019 |
| Start Date: | May 2015 |
| End Date: | June 2019 |
Aging, Cognition, and Hearing Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study
The investigators will conduct a small pilot study that will randomize ~ 40 70-84 year-old
adults with hearing loss to best-practices hearing rehabilitative treatment (hearing
assessment, counseling, fitting of amplification devices) versus a successful aging
intervention (one-on-one counseling/education sessions on successful aging topics).
Participants will be followed for 6 months, and outcomes will focus on communication, quality
of life, cognition, and other functional surveys. This pilot study is in preparation for a
larger planned trial to investigate if hearing loss treatment can reduce cognitive decline
and dementia in older adults.
adults with hearing loss to best-practices hearing rehabilitative treatment (hearing
assessment, counseling, fitting of amplification devices) versus a successful aging
intervention (one-on-one counseling/education sessions on successful aging topics).
Participants will be followed for 6 months, and outcomes will focus on communication, quality
of life, cognition, and other functional surveys. This pilot study is in preparation for a
larger planned trial to investigate if hearing loss treatment can reduce cognitive decline
and dementia in older adults.
Inclusion Criteria
- Age 70-84 years.
- Community-dwelling.
- Fluent English-speaker.
- Residency. Participants must plan to reside in the local area for the study duration
(6 months).
- Audiometric hearing impairment. Participants must have adult-onset hearing impairment
with a pure tone average (0.5, 1, and 2 kHz) in the better-hearing ear of ≥ 30
decibels and <70 dB.
- Word Recognition in Quiet score >60% bilaterally.
- Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score ≥ 23 for individuals with high-school degree or
less; Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score ≥ 25 for individuals with some college or
more
- Willingness to participate. Participants must be willing and able to consent to
participate in the study, be willing to be randomized to either the Hearing
intervention or to the Successful Aging intervention, and be willing to follow the
study protocol for the duration of the trial.
Exclusion Criteria
Potential candidates for enrollment who meet one or more of t he following criteria are
excluded from participation in the study:
- Self-reported disability in ≥ 2 or more Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
- Self-reported hearing aid use in the past year (>5 hours/week).
- Vision impairment (worse than 20/40 on MN Near Vision Card).
- Medical contraindication to use of hearing aids (e.g., draining ear).
- Conductive hearing impairment as determined by a difference in air audiometry and bone
audiometry ("air-bone gap") greater than 15 dB in 2 or more contiguous frequencies in
both ears.
- Unwilling to wear hearing aids on a regular (i.e., daily or near daily) basis
- No participants are excluded based on race or sex
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