Aalborg Universitet InHEAR Innovation af høreområdet og effekt af reform Siggaard, Lene Dahl; Hougaard, Dan Dupont; Jacobsen, H. ; Høgsbro, Morten

Aalborg Universitet

InHEAR Innovation af høreområdet og effekt af reform

Siggaard, Lene Dahl; Hougaard, Dan Dupont; Jacobsen, H. ; Høgsbro, Morten

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2021

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Siggaard, L. D., Hougaard, D. D., Jacobsen, H., & Høgsbro, M. (2021). InHEAR Innovation af høreområdet og effekt af reform. Poster præsenteret ved DSOHH Årsmøde, Nyborg, Danmark.

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LD Siggaard ^1,2 , DD Hougaard ^1,2 , H Jacobsen ³ , M Høgsbro ^1,2

1 Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

INTRODUCTION AIM METHODS RESULTS

INTRODUCTION of a PhD-protocol Is Danish hearing rehabilitation in jeopardy?

• Longer waiting lists

• Audiometry repetitions

• Hearing-impaired population growth

• Increased demand for hearing aid rehabilitation

Can a new, remote digital ENT assessment routine remedy the situation?

METHODS

• 750 adult, potential first-time hearing aid users

• Three-arm randomization

• 1:1:1 assignment

• Questionnaires utilized: RiHab, THI, SSQ12, SSQ12B, IOI-HA, satisfaction questionnaire

AIM

1) Primary objectives:

• Comparison of digital and conventional assessment routines on

§ Patient safety

§ Patient-reported treatment effect and satisfaction

2) Secondary objectives:

• Comparison of Audiologists and Private ENTs on hearing loss categorization following digital

assessment in adult first time hearing aid users

SCAN TO WATCH

VIDEO POSTER PRESENTATION

PHYSICAL ENT SPECIALIST EXAMINATION

DEPT. OF AUDIOLOGY CONTROL GROUP 3

CONVENTIONAL

EXAMINATION AND VISITATION PRIVATE PRACTICING ENT CLINICS R

A N D O M I Z A T

I O N

TEST GROUP 1 EXAMINATION PRIVATE CLINICS

TEST GROUP 2 EXAMINATION PUBLIC CLINICS

750

PATIENTS

DIGITAL VISITATION

NO HEARING LOSS

COMPLICATED HEARING LOSS SIMPLE HEARING LOSS

InHEAR – A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

RESULTS

• Manuscript 1: Patient safety – Can a digital assessment routine competently screen for complicated hearing loss in hearing impaired adults?

• Manuscript 2: Patient-reported hearing aid treatment quality and treatment satisfaction following digital assessment

• Manuscript 3: Inter-subspecialty digital assessment differences between 2 Audiologists and 2 Private ENTs

• Manuscript 4: Translation and validation of the Danish adapted version of the Consumer Ear Disease Risk Assessment tool, CEDRA, called RiHab

www.inhear.dk

HEARING AID TREATMENT PRIVATE CLINICS

HEARING AID TREATMENT PUBLIC CLINICS

ASSESSEMENT AND TREATMENT

DEPT. OF AUDIOLOGY