Determine the Effect on Cognitive Impairment Measures by Providing Hearing-Assistance to Skilled Nursing Facility Residents
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hearing Impairment
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Measure of Cognitive function using Mini-Cog
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to see if a commercially available hearing assistance device called the PockeTalker has an effect on performance on cognitive (memory and thinking) tests among skilled nursing facility residents.
Investigators are asking residents to perform cognitive tests with and without hearing assistance equipment known as PockeTalkers. This study will be conducted at one urban Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) with the goal of understanding the extent to which hearing impairment impacts commonly used cognitive impairment measures for clinical assessment. Cognitive performance will be measured, cerumen occlusion, and perceived hearing.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •admitted to unit of intervention
- •ability to communicate and follow simple commands
- •capacity to consent assessed with standard questions used to assess capacity or having a surrogate who can provide consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •not on the unit of intervention
- •obtunded or comatose state
- •inability to communicate verbally
- •inability to consent and without surrogate
- •non-English speaking
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Measure of Cognitive function using Mini-Cog
Time Frame: 20 Minutes
three-item recall and a clock draw test. 24 Medical assistants have been trained and have employed this test successfully in primary care practices. The Mini-Cog has test characteristics that are comparable to any other brief instrument and exceeds most in accuracy or predictive quality.
Perceived Hearing measured by Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening Version (HHIE)
Time Frame: 20 Minutes
HHIE-S is a valid, robust test for identifying hearing-impaired elderly, irrespective of the audiometric definition used to finally diagnose hearing difficulties.