# Efficacy of a Coupler-based Fitting Approach for Experienced Users Receiving Replacement Hearing Aids

> **NCT03569228** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 163 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hearing Loss

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Study 1 - ITE hearing aids
- **DEVICE:** Study 1 - BTE hearing aids
- **DEVICE:** Study 3 (open-fit comparison)
- **DEVICE:** Study 3 (closed-fit comparison)
- **DEVICE:** Study 3 (experimental open-fit)
- **DEVICE:** Study 3 (experimental closed-fit)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03569228
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2019-10-28
- **Primary completion:** 2023-01-31
- **Final completion:** 2023-01-31
- **Target enrollment:** 163 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Could not achieve recruitment goal due to COVID delays and staffing.
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03569228

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03569228, "Efficacy of a Coupler-based Fitting Approach for Experienced Users Receiving Replacement Hearing Aids". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03569228. Licensed CC0.

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