NCT04534387

Development and Assessment of a Spanish-Language Hearing Loss Toolkit for Self-Management

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of South Florida · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this application is to develop and evaluate Spanish-language hearing education materials for adults. Our hypothesis is that participants will demonstrate better understanding of their hearing loss and associated difficulties, and will be better able to identify options for self-management following delivery of culturally and linguistically appropriate patient education materials.

Detailed description

There are documented disparities in hearing healthcare use between Hispanic/Latino adults and non-Hispanic/Latino Whites, despite similar hearing loss prevalence rates. It has been suggested that a lack of culturally competent interventions contributes to poor healthcare delivery and outcomes for those with limited English proficiency. The objective of this application is to develop and evaluate Spanish-language hearing education materials for adults. Our hypothesis is that participants will demonstrate better understanding of their hearing loss and associated difficulties, and will be better able to identify options for self-management following delivery of culturally and linguistically appropriate patient education materials. The rationale for the proposed research is that findings will contribute to the development and testing of novel interventions aimed at increasing hearing healthcare access and utilization in vulnerable populations in a subsequent R01 application.

Conditions

• Hearing Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Spanish-Language Hearing Loss Toolkit for Self-Management	The materials include printed information and images designed to increase hearing loss knowledge and focus on self-management topics such as the fundamentals of the ear and hearing, communication strategies, speech understanding in noise, and hearing technology.
OTHER	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Audiology Series Spanish Language Handouts	Standard of care patient education handouts developed by ASHA in the Spanish language.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-22
• Primary completion: 2024-03-30
• Completion: 2024-03-30
• First posted: 2020-09-01
• Last updated: 2023-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States