Improving Access and Affordability of Adult Hearing Healthcare
Improving Access and Affordability of Adult Hearing Healthcare: Effectiveness of Community-based Interventions in West Central and South Alabama
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
210 participants
Jan 1, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This project will address quality of care issues associated with hearing loss in adults who have mild-to-moderate hearing loss and who have no access to hearing healthcare. Through the use of three different interventions involving over-the-counter hearing aids, it will lead to options that will increase access and affordability of hearing healthcare for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Mild-to-moderate hearing loss
- Live in West Central or South Alabama
- years of age or older
Exclusion Criteria1
- Medical conditions resulting in severe cognitive impairment (e.g., stroke, head injury, senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease)
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Interventions
Behavioral thresholds for pure tones will be conducted along with speech perception measures.
Study participants will be fitted with binaural OTC HAs in addition to receiving information on how to use and care for their devices.
Participants will receive four weeks of information sessions to help them adjust to their over-the-counter hearing aid and their hearing loss.
Study participants will receive binaural OTC HAs. Participants will fit their OTC HAs based on manufacturer guidelines without the help of an audiologist.
Locations(1)
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NCT04671381