Hearing Healthcare Assessment in Rural Communities

ConditionsHearing Loss, Adult-Onset Hearing Loss, Age-Related

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorMatthew Bush, MD

About this trial

Adult hearing loss in is the third most common chronic health condition in the United States. Adults living in rural areas face a higher risk of experiencing hearing loss, and more difficulty receiving testing and treatment than adults in urban settings. The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test a community-based hearing healthcare patient navigation program in rural Kentucky. The main question this study aims to answer is:

-Can the number of rural adults receiving diagnostic hearing tests be increased?

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 18 years or older

Able to speak, understand, and read English.

Patient of a participating primary care clinic

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

Patient Navigation Program for Hearing Health Care
Behavioral
Patients presenting for routine office visits will be invited to participate in the study and informed consent procedures and study enrollment will be conducted by a research assistant. Participants will then undergo baseline assessment. Following baseline measures, participants who screen positive for hearing loss will be contacted by the Patient Navigator (PN) to begin the intervention. The navigator will contact participants every 2 weeks to focus on addressing key aspects of Hearing Health Care (HHC): education, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. PNs will assist the patient to undergo a formal audiogram with the 12 months following enrollment. Each PN session will likely last between 10-30 minutes. Post-intervention data collection also administered by a trained interviewer, will occur following a diagnostic audiogram with an audiologist or at 12 months following enrollment.

Treatment groups

500 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: Rural Clinic Hearing Healthcare Patient Navigation ProgramExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Number of Participants Receiving a Diagnostic Audiogram After Enrollment

Participants will be assisted to reduce barriers in scheduling a diagnostic audiogram within 12 months following enrollment

Time frame

From Enrollment to Study Completion at 12 Months

Sponsors and contacts

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Matthew Bush, MD

Lead sponsor

University of Kentucky

Sponsor institution

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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