NCT01963104

Community-Based Kiosks for Hearing Screening and Education

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,048 (actual)
• Sponsor: Portland VA Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Hearing Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Automated hearing test	Subjects will take an automated hearing test that presents tones at different pitches and volumes. Participants will identify whether or not they heard the tone and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this groups will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Pure-tone Screener test	During the test different tones are going to be presented at one volume level. Participants will identify whether or not they heard the tone and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this groups will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Digits-in-noise test	During the test subjects will hear a pattern of 3 numbers with variable noise in the background and identify the pattern they hear, and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this groups will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	No screening test	This group of subjects will not receive a screening test. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this group will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Automated hearing test/Motivation video	Subjects will take an automated hearing test that presents tones at different pitches and volumes.Participants will identify whether or not they heard the tone and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. They will also watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this groups will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Pure-tone Screener/Motivation video	During the test different tones are going to be presented at one volume level. Participants will identify whether or not they heard the tone and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. They will also watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this group will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Digits-in-noise test/Motivational video	During the test subjects will hear a pattern of 3 numbers with variable noise in the background and identify the pattern they hear, and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. They will also watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this group will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	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. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this group will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Home Hearing Screening Test	Subjects will be taught the set-up for a home hearing screening test and will take an automated hearing test that presents tones at different pitches and volumes. Participants will identify whether or not they heard the tone and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this groups will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.
PROCEDURE	Home Hearing Screening Test/Brief video	Subjects will be taught the set-up for a home hearing screening test and will take an automated hearing test that presents tones at different pitches and volumes. Participants will identify whether or not they heard the tone and receive printed recommendations for hearing healthcare follow-up. All subjects will complete the Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHI) questionnaire and the Hearing Beliefs Questionnaire (HBQ). They will also watch a brief video that shows how hearing works and learn about the different types of hearing loss. Approximately 6-8 months after their initial appointment, subjects in this groups will receive a telephone call and will be asked questions related to their actions and attitudes related to hearing and hearing health care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-01
• Completion: 2019-07-01
• First posted: 2013-10-16
• Last updated: 2019-11-26

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United States