Comparison of Speech Therapy and Audioprosthetic Care in Older Adults With First-time Hearing Aids (CODITION)
Hearing Loss
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Hearing Loss
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patient, male or female, aged 65 to 80; First equipment; Average hearing loss between 40 and 70 db; Speech comprehension greater than 50%; Absence of acoustic recruitment phenomenon; Symmetrical bilateral deafness (inter aural difference <20dB); Affiliated patient or beneficiary of a social security scheme; Patient speaking and understanding French, able to complete questionnaires and scales; Patient having been informed and having signed an informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Patient with a psychiatric pathology; Patient with neurological disorders; Patient taking psychotropic drugs; Patient participating in another clinical study; Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision; Patient hospitalized without consent.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Hearing aid and synchronous speech therapy
Hearing aid and deferred speech therapy
This arm will begin speech therapy at the same time as the fitting of the hearing aid.
This arm will begin speech therapy 3 months after fitting the device.