The Knowledge About the Underlying Cause of Hearing Loss in Children

NCT07303426 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024-03470-01
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 156
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a qualitative study to investigate children and their care-givers knowledge about the underlying aetiology of the childrens hearing loss. Both children and care-givers are given forms with questions about the type and level of hearing loss, if they know the cause and if it matters to them. This is to better understand the level of knowledge in both children and their care-givers about different causes of hearing loss. This will help to develop better clinical tools and routines of informing families about causal investigations in the future.

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Keywords

childhood hearing loss; questionnaires; hearing loss aetiology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Do caregivers and children with HL know the cause of the child's HL

  To study weather children and care-givers know the cause of the childs HL if available.

  from sept 2024 to may 2025

• To investigate children´s and caregivers perspectives on the importance of knowing the cause of the child´s hearing loss through questionnaires.

  Questionnaires were distrubuted wither through mail or QR code for the parents and children to respond.

  Group A: Sept 2024 to Nov 2024, Group B: Jan 2025 to May 2025

Study Arms (2)

Group A

Consists of children with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and their care-givers

Group B

Consists of both children and care-givers who answer forms anonymously.

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Children with hearing loss and their care-givers

You may qualify if:

• Children with Hearing loss and their care-givers

You may not qualify if:

• Children with no hearing loss or care-givers to children with no hearing loss.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karolinska Institutet: lead
• Karolinska University Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Hearing Disorders; Ear Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Sensation Disorders; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Day
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD, Head of Development at the Hearing Habilitation Center for Children and Youth at Karolinska University Hospital

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2025
• First Posted: December 24, 2025
• Study Start: September 9, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 22, 2025
• Study Completion: May 22, 2025
• Last Updated: December 24, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)