Community-Based Kiosks for Hearing Screening and Education

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing Loss
• Interventions: Procedure: Digits-in-noise test; Procedure: No screening test; Procedure: Home Hearing Screening Test; Procedure: Pure-tone Screener test; Procedure: No screening test/Motivational video; Procedure: Pure-tone Screener/Motivation video; Procedure: Digits-in-noise test/Motivational video; Procedure: Automated hearing test; Procedure: Automated hearing test/Motivation video; Procedure: Home Hearing Screening Test/Brief video

• Registration Number: NCT01963104
• Lead Sponsor: Portland VA Medical Center

Brief Summary

The overall goal of the project is to evaluate innovative, cost-effective, community-based automated hearing screening and education methods to motivate individuals with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to enter the hearing healthcare system.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-10-11
• Study First Posted: 2013-10-16
• Primary Completion: 2019-07
• Study Completion: 2019-07
• Status Verified: 2019-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2048

Inclusion Criteria

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• Some subjects will have a complaint of hearing difficulty without a recent hearing evaluation

Exclusion Criteria

• For all groups: minimum age 18 years. No current hearing aid use

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Digits-in-noise test	Digits-in-noise test	Subjects will take a digits-in-noise test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up.
No screening test	No screening test	This group of subjects will not receive a screening test.
Home Hearing Screening Test	Home Hearing Screening Test	Subjects will be taught the set-up for a home hearing screening test, take an abbreviated automated hearing test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up.
Pure-tone Screener test	Pure-tone Screener test	Subjects will take a pure-tone hearing screening test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up.
No screening test/Motivational video	No screening test/Motivational video	This group of subjects will not receive a screening test. They will watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss
Pure-tone Screener/Motivation video	Pure-tone Screener/Motivation video	Subjects will take a pure-tone hearing screening test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow- up. They will then watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss.
Digits-in-noise test/Motivational video	Digits-in-noise test/Motivational video	Subjects will take a digits-in-noise test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up.They will then watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss.
Automated hearing test	Automated hearing test	Subjects will take an abbreviated automated hearing test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up.
Automated hearing test/Motivation video	Automated hearing test/Motivation video	Subjects will take an abbreviated automated hearing test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. They will then watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss.
Home Hearing Screening Test/Brief video	Home Hearing Screening Test/Brief video	Subjects will be taught the set-up for a home hearing screening test, take an abbreviated automated hearing test and then receive recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. They will then watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Record number of participants who sought hearing healthcare 6 months after the initial visit.	4 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Record number of participants whose attitude about hearing health care has changed 6 months after the initial visit.	4 years

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

University of Minnesota; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Ohio State University; 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Portland VA Medical Center, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research; 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States

Bay Pines VAHCS; 🇺🇸 Bay Pines, Florida, United States