Hidden Hearing Loss in Older Adults
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Observational Study
Hidden Hearing Loss
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 60 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 200 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this observational study is to investigate whether speech-in-noise perception deficits in older adults aged 60 years or older with objectively normal hearing thresholds are due to impaired ability of processing temporal cues in speech signals. The study further aims to examine whether cognitive and cortical mechanisms provide compensatory support for speech perception in challenging li…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Aged 60 years or older;
2. Bilateral pure-tone average hearing thresholds across 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz ≤ 25 dB HL;
3. Self-reported hearing difficulties identified during previous hearing screening;
4. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese;
5. No history of otologic disease, ear trauma, …
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