Talking Circle Intervention for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
(IHHANA Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The purpose of the study is to understand the cultural impact on hearing loss among Native Americans who traditionally rely on oral communication. This Native American community based participatory research hearing protection study proposes to implement a culturally relevant Talking Circles intervention to address hearing health inequities among Native Americans. The goal is to establish a sustainable culturally based Talking Circle (TC) hearing loss prevention program to disseminate messages, thus promote hearing health and improve access to preventive tools within the larger tribal community with high occupational and recreational noise exposure.
TC Participants will:
* Complete a set of questionnaires (3 total) throughout the study.
* Complete an audiometer hearing test with headphones, and watch one video computer related to hearing and how to protect hearing at the tribal wellness center.
* In 6-months into the trial, participants will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires from the beginning of the study.
* In 12-months after the baseline surveys and hearing test, participants will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires that were done at the beginning of the study and complete another hearing test by the computer.
The intervention will include facilitator training for local implementation and a delayed-intervention control to assess knowledge gains and protective behavior changes. Through use of the TC, the participants in the training program can use the support and insight from each other to be trained to establish self-sustaining hearing loss prevention program in the tribal community.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Oi Saeng Hong, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAOHN
Principal Investigator
University of California, San Francisco
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Talking Circle
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Participants randomized to the experimental group will be clustered together geographically. This design will assist to minimize contamination. At baseline, the participants will complete assessment surveys and hearing tests in their tribal district community centers. All participants assigned to experimental group will receive the TCI immediately after baseline assessment and hearing test. Each TCI group includes 10 participants who will receive TCI together at a time and day that works the best.
Participants randomized to the control group will receive the delayed TCI after completing the 12-month follow up. Partcipants will receive the second hearing tests 12-months into the study and receive feedback on their hearing test results in comparison with the previous year's result. The control group will be asked to randomly participate in a focus group at the completion of the study.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of California, San Francisco
Lead Sponsor
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Collaborator
University of Texas at Austin
Collaborator
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