Priority 8 from the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: Could new developments to digital hearing aids offer improved speech perception in noisy environments for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss? (JLA PSP Priority 8) | |
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| Overall ranking | 8 |
| JLA question ID | 0033/8 |
| Explanatory note | Not available for this PSP |
| Evidence | To follow |
| Health Research Classification System category | Ear |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples |
Find a hearing aid that will allow me to hear a person talking to me when in a crowd or social situation ~ Hearing aids that pick out conversation in a noisy environment ~ Improving speech intelligibility in hearing aids in noisy environments ~ Need hearing aids to be better at eliminating background noise |
| Submitted by | Service users x 2, Clinicians x 1, Others x 1 |
| Outcomes to be measured | Improved speech perception in noisy environments/Reduction of background noise |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0033 |
| PSP name | Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 87 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 3 September 2015 |