HEARS Maryland: Extending Capacity for Affordable, Accessible Hearing Care Through Older Adult Peer Mentorship
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorJohns Hopkins University
About this trial
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a Community Health Worker (CHW) delivered hearing loss intervention program (HEARS) for older adults in Maryland in collaboration with community organizations.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age 60 years or older
English-speaking
Aural-oral verbal communication as primary communication modality
Post-lingual hearing loss (Audiometric pure tone averages [0.5-2kHz] in better ear >25 dB)
Disqualifiers
Current self-reported use of hearing aid or amplification device
Medical contraindication to use hearing aids (e.g. draining ears)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- HEARS MD Device
- HEARS MD Program
Treatment groups
300 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Johns Hopkins University
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov