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Immediate communication education and support group for Hearing Loss

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Nicole Marrone, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Arizona
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 8 weeks
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Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a community health worker intervention to expand access to hearing health care among older adults facing health disparities.

Eligible Conditions
  • Hearing Loss

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~8 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 8 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Mean frequency of communication strategy use as measured at eight weeks post baseline for each of a series of study-specific strategies taught in the intervention
Secondary outcome measures
Mean number of hearing health actions taken and number of people who took each hearing health action at eight weeks post baseline
Other outcome measures
Communication function with partner: Mean frequency and severity of communication-related challenges as measured by a series of study-specific questions at eight weeks post baseline
Mean confidence in communication management at eight weeks post baseline as measured by a series of study-specific questions
Mean value for hearing-specific health-related quality of life at eight weeks post baseline as measured by a series of study-specific questions, some of which are adapted from the Self Assessment of Communication

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Immediate communication education and support groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: WaitlistActive Control1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of ArizonaLead Sponsor
515 Previous Clinical Trials
148,594 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Hearing Loss
28 Patients Enrolled for Hearing Loss
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)NIH
330 Previous Clinical Trials
178,351 Total Patients Enrolled
56 Trials studying Hearing Loss
20,033 Patients Enrolled for Hearing Loss
Nicole Marrone, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Arizona

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Health Worker Program on Hearing Loss (Oyendo Bien)
2015. "Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Health Worker Program on Hearing Loss (Oyendo Bien)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03255161.
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