Arabic Version of a New Tool Called HEAL-COMMAND to Evaluate Hearing Loss and Communication and Conversation Disability

Sohag University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Hearing Loss

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05543148

Soh-Med-22-09-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hearing loss is the fourth highest cause of disability globally. Current data suggest that approximately 5% of the world's population suffer from disabling hearing loss, Earlier studies have shown that persons with hearing loss experience a higher prevalence of associated adverse health effects than persons with normal hearing. Those conditions include social isolation, depression, diabetes, dementia, falling, cardiovascular disease, and reduced quality of life. A limitation to disability-based questionnaires related to hearing loss is the large number of instruments available and the lack of consensus on which questionnaires to use. To do so, applying the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) framework was found to be an ideal design foundation. In the ICF, functioning refers to positive aspects of Body Functions, Activities, and Participation, while disability refers to impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, in which both aspects can be influenced by a health condition(s) and or contextual (personal and environmental) factors. Previous studies showed that the operationalization of the ICF Core Sets for HL into a self-assessment tool can serve as the foundation for a comprehensive picture of health. To accommodate this need, a collaboration between group of researchers at Audiology Clinic, Auburn university, Alabama, USA have been conducted. This partnership resulted in creating an English and German version of questionnaire that comprehensively assesses and individuals hearing functioning profile according to ICF framework which is called HEAL-COMMAND Tool

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age between 30-80 years

2. New individuals who presented to the speech and hearing clinic with ear or hearing complaints and showed the following pattern/s:

   • Normal hearing with subjective hearing difficulties
   • Mild hearing Loss
   • Moderate hearing loss
   • New hearing aid users or experienced hearing aid users

3. Adequate cognitive and comprehension abilities to complete the questionnaire and cognitive interview session.

4. Ability to attend remote activities

Exclusion criteria

1. age under 30 or over 80 years
2. illiterate who can't complete the questionnaire or digital forms
3. clinical diagnosis with depression and cognitive decline or dementia
4. Above moderate hearing loss

Trial design

80 participants in 4 patient groups

normal hearing with subjective hearing difficulty

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

mild hearing loss (unaided)

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

moderate hearing loss (unaided)

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

moderate hearing loss (aided)

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire