Evaluation of the Quality of Life After a Multidisciplinary Auditory Rehabilitation Program

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In 2008, the Handicap-Santé survey counted 10 million people with hearing difficulties in France, i.e. 16% of the national population. For 5.4 million of these people, the hearing limitations considered to be moderate to total, are likely to have repercussions on their daily life. In 2010, 600,000 people with hearing loss wore hearing aids, including 360,000 with very severe to total limitations who were unable to follow a conversation with others. Hearing loss can impact hearing skills (comprehension in noisy environments or with multiple speakers) and be a source of cognitive decline. It can also limit the quality of exchanges, communication and information taking. Several studies have shown that hearing loss can also have a negative effect on quality of life, psychological well-being, personal fulfillment, social relationships and can lead to social isolation, depression and/or anxiety. Currently, the treatment of people with hearing loss is often limited to hearing aids from a hearing aid specialist. Hearing rehabilitation and lip-reading training with a speech therapist may be offered at a later stage. However, many people who have been fitted with a hearing aid describe a decrease in their quality of life despite the fitting. Current treatment seems to deal mainly with auditory-cognitive problems. To date, no multidisciplinary rehabilitation services seem to be offered in France to take into account the other consequences of this condition: anxiety, depression, and limitations in social participation.

Official Title
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Evaluation of the Quality of Life After a Multidisciplinary Auditory Rehabilitation Program

Conditions
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Acquired Deafness

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients whose age ≥ 18 years Patients with acquired hearing loss (mild, moderate, severe or profound) Patients with hearing aids Patients participating in a complete rehabilitation program Patients who master the French language Exclusion Criteria: Patients with proven cognitive impairment Implanted patients Patients under guardianship or curatorship Patients deprived of liberty Patients under court protection Interruption of the rehabilitation program before a minimum of 6 half-days of HDJ Patients objecting to the use of their data for this research

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact of multidisciplinary rehabilitation on the quality of life of adults with hearing aids | This outcome corresponds to the Change in quality of life measured with the ERSA scale before and after rehabilitation. | Month 1 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient profile of age | This outcome corresponds to the number of age categories | Month 1 | 
| Patient profile of type of hearing loss | This outcome corresponds to the number of type of hearing loss. | Month 1 | 
| Patient profile of severity | This outcome corresponds to the type of severity. | Month 1 | 
| Quality of life of patients | This outcome corresponds to the overall quality of life, personal life, social life and work life of the assessment of the impact of deafness in adults. is a self-administered questionnaire. It is divided into 4 domains, each comprising 5 questions graded from 1 to 10. The questions are simple, and formulated so patients will answer according to how they feel at the actual time of the session. | Month 1 |