Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care

NCT ID: NCT03864003

Last Updated: 2022-05-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-30

Study Completion Date

2020-06-04

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a teleaudiology intervention with assistance from Community Health Workers to improve access to hearing health care.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hearing Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental group

Participants randomized to the experimental group will receive hearing aid fitting and verification services via teleaudiology with local, hands-on support from a Community Health Worker.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-Relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In this project, remote hearing aid fittings will be delivered by an audiologist with patient-site support from a local facilitator for a cohort of older adults (\>50 years) from a rural area that has been identified as under-resourced for hearing health care.

Control Group

Participants randomized to the control group will receive hearing aid fitting and verification services via teleaudiology with local, hands-on support from a non-Community Health Worker (undergraduate student in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-Relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In this project, remote hearing aid fittings will be delivered by an audiologist with patient-site support from a local facilitator for a cohort of older adults (\>50 years) from a rural area that has been identified as under-resourced for hearing health care.

Interventions

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Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-Relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care

In this project, remote hearing aid fittings will be delivered by an audiologist with patient-site support from a local facilitator for a cohort of older adults (\>50 years) from a rural area that has been identified as under-resourced for hearing health care.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Bilateral hearing loss within the fitting range of study hearing aids

Exclusion Criteria

* Medically unqualified to receive hearing aids
* Current hearing aid user
* Cognitively impaired
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Arizona

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Laura Coco

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Laura S Coco, AuD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Arizona

Locations

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Mariposa Community Health Center

Nogales, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Coco L, Leon K, Navarro C, Piper R, Carvajal S, Marrone N. "Close to My Community": A Qualitative Study of Community Health Worker-Supported Teleaudiology Hearing Aid Services. Ear Hear. 2024 Sep-Oct 01;45(5):1191-1201. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001507. Epub 2024 May 30.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38812073 (View on PubMed)

Marrone NL, Nieman CL, Coco L. Community-Based Participatory Research and Human-Centered Design Principles to Advance Hearing Health Equity. Ear Hear. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;43(Suppl 1):33S-44S. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001183. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35724253 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1F32DC017081

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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