학술논문
Mild matters: trial learnings and importance of community engagement in research for early identified bilateral mild hearing loss
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 11 (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2296-2360
Abstract
IntroductionEarly identification of mild hearing loss has resulted in early hearing amplification without adequate evidence of effectiveness. This paper describes learnings from a pilot trial, combined with a qualitative study, to highlight the importance of community engagement in designing research studies to determine whether early amplification benefits young children with bilateral mild hearing loss.MethodsPART 1 of the study is a proof-of-concept non-blinded multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT) of hearing device fitting vs. no fitting aimed to gather preliminary data and determine its acceptability/feasibility in children