NCT05815667

Effects of the Swedish Internet-based Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE) in FTU

Effects of the Swedish Internet-based Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE) in First Time Hearing Aid Users: a Randomised Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Horselvarden Region Ostergotland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hearing impairment affects the ability to communicate, which can adversely affect both mental and physical health. The most common used rehabilitation method in hearing impairment is hearing aid fitting. Even with optimally fitted hearing aids, many struggle to hear in situations with difficult listening conditions. Active Communication Education (ACE) is an interactive group rehabilitation programme aiming to help those with hearing loss communicate more effectively using communication strategies to cope better in everyday life. An Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE) distributed digitally could enable those unable to get to the hearing care facility, or don't want to join the group sessions to benefit from the programme. This project aims to investigate the effects of the swedish digital version of the I-ACE in first time hearing aid users.

Conditions

• Hearing Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Individualised Active Communication Education (I-ACE)	The swedish I-ACE consists of five modules with different themes, all with sections of information alternated with reflective tasks. The participants are assigned one module each week and provided with weekly feedback from a health care professional on their work, before being assigned the next module.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-16
• Completion: 2023-12-16
• First posted: 2023-04-18
• Last updated: 2025-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden