Long-Term Outcomes of Self-Fit vs Audiologist-Fit Hearing Aids.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

With rising interest in over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids as an alternative to traditional audiologist-fit devices, understanding their long-term efficacy is crucial. However, given the novelty of the US Food and Drug Administration category of OTC hearing aids, minimal evidence currently supports their long-term efficacy.

Objective

To compare the long-term self-reported outcomes at 8 months of self-fit OTC hearing aids to the same hearing aids fit by audiologists.

Design, setting, and participants

Building on a previous randomized clinical trial, this follow-up comparative effectiveness research study reassessed a number of the original participants that were not lost to follow-up. Participants were initially divided into those with self-fit OTC hearing

SUBMITTER: De Sousa KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11240231 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature