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Motivational Interviewing in Hearing Aid Users
Sponsor: University of British Columbia
Summary
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic disabilities in the older adult population and affects their quality of life. Hearing aid use can improve one's quality of life by increasing a person's ability to detect, differentiate and locate sound, and improve speech recognition. Several factors seem to reduce motivation to use a hearing aid. Fears of exclusion and shame due to hearing loss are major deterrents to hearing aid use. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counselling style aimed at creating desire in patients to change their behavior. There have been pilot studies that suggest one-on-one MI can increase hearing aid use, but other pilot studies found the reverse hence the evidence is inconclusive. The effectiveness of group MI therapy is also being investigated in MI research. While results in group MI research are promising, studies investigating group MI have been limited to substance abuse.
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effects of Motivational Interviewing in New Hearing Aid Users
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
180
Start Date
2021-03-16
Completion Date
2025-09-30
Last Updated
2024-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Motivational interviewing
Each participant in the treatment group will attend a 1-hour MI group session with 9 other participants hosted by a practicing MI therapies via Zoom at one month after the initial visit. This session will utilize MI to elicit motivation in each participant. Participants will also receive standard care delivered at in-person audiology clinic visits.
Locations (1)
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada